⁴ How long is the ^(A)land to mourn,
And the ^(B)vegetation of the ^[a]countryside to dry up?
Due to the ^(C)wickedness of those who live in it,
^(D)Animals and birds have been snatched away,
Because people have said, “He will not see our final ^(E)end.”

³ Therefore the land ^(A)mourns,
And everyone who lives in it languishes
Along with the animals of the field and the birds of the sky,
And even the fish of the sea ^[a]disappear.