בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם אֶ֚רֶץ כִּ֤י תֶחֱטָא־לִי֙ לִמְעָל־מַ֔עַל וְנָטִ֤יתִי יָדִי֙ עָלֶ֔יהָ וְשָׁבַ֥רְתִּי לָ֖הּ מַטֵּה־לָ֑חֶם וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּי־בָ֣הּ רָעָ֔ב וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נָּה אָדָ֥ם וּבְהֵמָֽה׃
「人子啊，若有一地對我犯罪，行事極其不忠，我就必向那地伸手，折斷它賴以支撐的糧杖，使饑荒臨到那地，將人和牲畜從其中剪除；
Ibn Ezra
Before Elokim. That is, in public. Alternatively, it means that performed their corrupt deeds in private so that only Hashem knew of them.
Ibn Ezra
You will then not make the land sexually immoral Scripture employs metonymy, and means sexual immorality among the inhabitants of the land. Compare, “when the land sins against me” [Ezekiel 14:12].