9:2 Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people, 1
and new wine only deceives them. 2
4:3 Therefore the land will mourn,
and all its inhabitants will perish. 3
The wild animals, 4 the birds of the sky,
and even the fish in the sea will perish.
1 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “her” (so KJV, ASV). This is taken as a collective singular (so also most modern English versions).
3 tn Or “languish” (so KJV, NRSV); NIV “waste away.”
4 tn Heb “the beasts of the field” (so NAB, NIV).