Study Desk

I looked at the earth, and behold, it was a formless and desolate emptiness; And to the heavens, and they had no light.

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, And all the hills jolted back and forth.

I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

I looked, and behold, there was no human, And all the birds of the sky had fled.

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a wilderness, And all its cities were pulled down Before the LORD, before His fierce anger.

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord , and by his fierce anger.

For this is what the LORD says: "The whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will not execute a complete destruction.

For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

"For this the earth will mourn, And the heavens above will become dark, Because I have spoken, I have purposed, And I have not changed My mind, nor will I turn from it."

For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

At the sound of the horseman and archer every city flees; They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks; Every city is abandoned, And no one lives in them.

The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.