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.”

⁵ For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young,
Because there is ^(A)no grass.
⁶ The ^(B)wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;
They pant for air like jackals,
Their eyes fail
Because there is ^(C)no vegetation.

³ Therefore the land ^(A)mourns,
And everyone who lives in it languishes
Along with the animals of the field and the birds of the sky,
And even the fish of the sea ^[a]disappear.