1. Hinei, Hashem maketh Ha'Aretz empty, and maketh it waste, and ruineth her face, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
2. And it shall be, as with HaAm, so with the kohen; as with the eved, so with his adonim; as with the shifcha (maid), so with her gevirah (mistress); as with the koneh (buyer), so with the mokher (seller); as with the malveh (lender) so with the loveh (borrower); as with the nosheh (creditor), so with the one owing him.
3. HaAretz shall be utterly emptied, and utterly plundered; for Hashem hath spoken this davar (word).
4. Ha'aretz mourneth and fadeth away, the tevel (world) languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty Am HaAretz do languish.
5. Ha'aretz also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed torot, changed chok (ordinance), broken the Brit Olam.
6. Therefore hath the curse devoured Eretz, and they that dwell therein are guilty; therefore, the inhabitants of her [the earth] are diminished, and few enosh (humankind) left.
7. The tirosh (new wine) faileth, the gefen languisheth, all the simchei-lev (merryhearted) do sigh.
8. The mirth of tambourines ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the kinnor (harp) ceaseth.
9. They shall not drink yayin with a shir (song); shekhar (liquor, strong drink) shall be bitter to them that drink it.
10. The city of tohu is broken; every bais is shut up, that no man may come in.
11. There is a crying for yayin in the streets; all simchah is darkened, the mirth of HaAretz is banished.
12. In the Ir is left desolation, and the sha'ar is stricken with ruination.
13. When thus it shall be in the midst of HaAretz among the nations, there shall be as the shaking of a zayit (olive tree), and as the olelot (gleanings) when the grape harvest is done.
14. They shall lift up their kol (voice), they shall sing for the Ga'on (Glory) of Hashem, they shall shout from the yam.