²⁸ So the earth will be sad and weep.
    The sky will become dark.^[a]
I have said what I will do.
    And I will not change my thoughts.
    I will do as I have decided.’
²⁹ When the enemy attacks a town,
    the people will run away to escape.
The enemy soldiers will ride on horses,
    and they will shoot arrows.
When the people hear them,
    some of them will hide among trees.
    Some of them will climb up among the rocks.
All the towns will become empty.
    Nobody will live in them.
³⁰ Yes, Jerusalem, an enemy has destroyed you!
You tried to make friends,
    like a woman who wears a beautiful dress.
You wore your gold and your jewels.
    You painted around your eyes.
But all that has not helped you.
The nations that you wanted to be your lovers have turned against you.
    Now they want to kill you.