1. Behold, Adonai makes the land empty and makes it waste, twists its face, and scatters its inhabitants.
2. So it shall be: as with the people, so with the kohen, as with a servant, so with his master, as with a maid, so with her mistress, as with a buyer, so with the seller, as with a lender, so with the borrower, as with a creditor, so with the debtor.
3. The land will be utterly emptied, and totally plundered. For Adonai has spoken this word.
4. The land faints and fades away, The world wilts and fades away, The exalted people of the earth wilt.
5. The land is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed Torah, violated statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
6. Therefore a curse will devour the land. Those dwelling there are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the land will be burned up, so the people remaining are few.