3
The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.
4
The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.
5
The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants of it; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
6
Therefore has the curse devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
7
The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
8
The mirth of tambourines ceases, the noise of those who rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases.