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.”

^11 [a]It has been made a desolation;
Desolate, it ^(A)mourns ^[b]before Me;
The ^(B)whole land has been made desolate,
Because no one ^(C)takes it to heart.

² “Judah mourns
And ^(A)her gates languish;
Her people sit on the ground ^(B)in mourning garments,
And the ^(C)cry of Jerusalem has ascended.

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.