²⁵ I looked, and there was no human being,^(A)
and all the birds of the sky had fled.^(B)

⁴ How long will the land mourn^(A)
and the grass of every field wither?
Because of the evil of its residents,
animals and birds have been swept away,^(B)
for the people have said,
‘He cannot see what our end will be.’^[a],^(C)