⁴ How long will the land lie parched^(A)
    and the grass in every field be withered?^(B)
Because those who live in it are wicked,
    the animals and birds have perished.^(C)
Moreover, the people are saying,
    “He will not see what happens to us.”

³ “I will sweep away both man and beast;^(A)
    I will sweep away the birds in the sky^(B)
    and the fish in the sea—
    and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.”^[a]