⁴ How long is the ^(A)land to mourn
And the ^(B)vegetation of the countryside to wither?
For the ^(C)wickedness of those who dwell in it,
^(D)Animals and birds have been snatched away,
Because men have said, “He will not see our latter ^(E)ending.”

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

¹⁰ For the land is full of ^(A)adulterers;
For the land ^(B)mourns because of the curse.
The ^(C)pastures of the wilderness have dried up.
Their course also is evil
And their might is not right.