⁴ How long will the land mourn^(A)
and the grass of every field wither?
Because of the evil of its residents,
animals and birds have been swept away,^(B)
for the people have said,
“He cannot see what our end will be.”^[a](C)

⁵ Even the doe in the field
gives birth and abandons her fawn
since there is no grass.
⁶ Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights^(A)
panting for air like jackals.
Their eyes fail
because there are no green plants.

³ For this reason the land mourns,^(A)
and everyone who lives in it languishes,
along with the wild animals^(B) and the birds of the sky;
even the fish of the sea disappear.^(C)