1. Behold, Jehovah maketh the land empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants.
2. And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken.
3. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
4. The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.
5. And the land is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; for they have violated the laws, changed the statute, broken the everlasting covenant.
6. Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left.
7. The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;