3. The earth will be utterly devastated and utterly plundered. For the Lord has spoken this word.
4. The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.
5. And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants. For they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.
6. Because of this, a curse will devour the earth, and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason, its caretakers will become crazed, and few men will be left behind.
7. The vintage has mourned. The vine has languished. All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.
8. The gladness of the drums has ceased. The sound of rejoicing has quieted. The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.
9. They will not drink wine with a song. The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
10. The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters.
11. There will be a clamor for wine in the streets. All rejoicing has been abandoned. The gladness of the earth has been carried away.
12. Solitude is what remains in the city, and calamity will overwhelm its gates.
13. For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people: it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes, when the grape harvest has already ended.
14. These few shall lift up their voice and give praise. When the Lord will have been glorified, they will make a joyful noise from the sea.
15. Because of this, glorify the Lord in doctrine: the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
16. From the ends of the earth, we have heard the praises of the glory of the Just One. And I said: "My secret is for myself! My secret is for myself! Woe to me! Those who would betray us have betrayed us, and they have betrayed us with the betrayal of transgression."