Jeremiah 4:26
I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert.
What it says
The fruitful land has become a desert and its cities are torn down before the LORD's fierce anger.
What it is doing
This verse completes the picture of devastation.
In context
19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! 20Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, 21How long must I see the signal flag 22“For My people are fools; 23I looked at the earth, 24I looked at the mountains, 25I looked, and no man was left; 26I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. 27For this is what the LORD says: 28Therefore the earth will mourn 29Every city flees 30And you, O devastated one, what will you do, 31For I hear a cry like a woman in labor,