²⁵ I beheld, and indeed there was no man,
And ^(A)all the birds of the heavens had fled.

² “I will ^[a]utterly consume everything
From the face of the land,”
Says the Lord;
³ “I^(A) will consume man and beast;
I will consume the birds of the heavens,
The fish of the sea,
And the ^[b]stumbling blocks along with the wicked.
I will cut off man from the face of the ^[c]land,”
Says the Lord.

⁴ How long will ^(A)the land mourn,
And the herbs of every field wither?
^(B)The beasts and birds are consumed,
^(C)For the wickedness of those who dwell there,
Because they said, “He will not see our final end.”

³ Therefore ^(A)the land will mourn;
And ^(B)everyone who dwells there will waste away
With the beasts of the field
And the birds of the air;
Even the fish of the sea will be taken away.