⁴ How long^[a] will the land mourn, and the vegetation of every field dry up,
    because of the wickedness of those who live in it?
The animals and the birds^[b] are swept away,
    because they have said, “He does not see our future.”

⁵ “If you run with foot soldiers and they have made you weary,
    then how will you compete with horses?
If you have fallen in a peaceful land,^[c]
    then how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
⁶ For even your relatives, and the house of your father,
    even they have dealt treacherously with you,
even they call loudly^[d] after you.
    You must not trust in them, though they speak kindly to you.