4 Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
    because the Lord has a charge^(A) to bring
    against you who live in the land:^(B)
“There is no faithfulness,^(C) no love,
    no acknowledgment^(D) of God in the land.^(E)
2 There is only cursing,^[a] lying^(F) and murder,^(G)
    stealing^(H) and adultery;^(I)
they break all bounds,
    and bloodshed follows bloodshed.^(J)
3 Because of this the land dries up,^(K)
    and all who live in it waste away;^(L)
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the fish in the sea are swept away.^(M)

² “I will sweep away everything
    from the face of the earth,”^(A)
declares the Lord.
³ “I will sweep away both man and beast;^(B)
    I will sweep away the birds in the sky^(C)
    and the fish in the sea—
    and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.”^[a]