⁴ How long is the ^(A)land to mourn,
And the ^(B)vegetation of the ^[a]countryside to dry up?
Due to the ^(C)wickedness of those who live in it,
^(D)Animals and birds have been snatched away,
Because people have said, “He will not see our final ^(E)end.”

² “Judah mourns
And ^(A)her gates languish;
Her people sit on the ground ^(B)in mourning garments,
And the ^(C)cry of Jerusalem has ascended.

¹⁰ For the land is full of ^(A)adulterers;
For the land ^(B)mourns because of the curse.
The ^(C)pastures of the wilderness have dried up.
Their course is evil
And their might is not right.