² Oh, that I had in the desert^(A)
    a lodging place for travelers,
so that I might leave my people
    and go away from them;
for they are all adulterers,^(B)
    a crowd of unfaithful^(C) people.

² There is only cursing,^[a] lying^(A) and murder,^(B)
    stealing^(C) and adultery;^(D)
they break all bounds,
    and bloodshed follows bloodshed.^(E)
3 Because of this the land dries up,^(F)
    and all who live in it waste away;^(G)
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the fish in the sea are swept away.^(H)