²⁵ I looked, and there were no people;
    every bird in the sky had flown away.^(A)

¹⁰ I will weep and wail for the mountains
    and take up a lament concerning the wilderness grasslands.^(A)
They are desolate and untraveled,
    and the lowing of cattle is not heard.
The birds^(B) have all fled
    and the animals are gone.

“When I destroy all mankind
    on the face of the earth,”^(C)
declares the Lord,^(D)