He said: "Yahweh will roar from Zion, And utter his voice from Jerusalem; And the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, And the top of Carmel will wither."
"Pastures of the shepherds shall mourn ..." All of God's prophets depict him as the God of nature and as one who continually bends the forces of nature in harmony with his larger purpose with reference to humanity. This appears quite early in the Bible, where it is related that God "cursed the ground for Adam's sake"  (Genesis 3:17), a curse which has never been repealed and is still in effect.  God providentially bends nature itself to provoke man to repentance, and thus the purpose of the primeval curse must be seen as beneficient.