^25 (A)I looked, and behold, there was no man,
    and all the birds of the air had fled.

^2 (A)“I will utterly sweep away everything
    from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
³ “I will sweep away ^(B)man and beast;
    I will sweep away the birds of the heavens
    and ^(C)the fish of the sea,
and ^(D)the rubble^[a] with the wicked.
    I will ^(E)cut off mankind
    from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

^4 (A)How long will the land mourn
    and the grass of every field wither?
^(B)For the evil of those who dwell in it
    ^(C)the beasts and the birds are swept away,
    because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”

³ Therefore ^(A)the land mourns,
    and all who dwell in it languish,
^(B)and also the beasts of the field
    and the birds of the heavens,
    ^(C)and even the fish of the sea are taken away.