How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
How long shall the land mourn - personification (Jeremiah 14:2; Jeremiah 23:10).
For the wickedness - (Psalms 107:34, "A fruitful land (He turneth) into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein").
Beasts - (Hosea 4:3).
He shall not see our last end - Yahweh knows not what is about to happen to us (Jeremiah 5:12). (Rosenmuller.) So Septuagint (Psalms 10:11; Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9). Rather, 'The prophet (Jeremiah, to whom the whole context refers) shall not see our last end.' We need not trouble ourselves about his boding predictions. We shall not be destroyed as he says (Jeremiah 5:12-13).