1 The Lord is going to devastate the earth and leave it desolate. He will twist the earth's surface and scatter its people.
2 Everyone will meet the same fate — the priests and the people, slaves and masters, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, rich and poor.
3 The earth will lie shattered and ruined. The Lord has spoken and it will be done.
4 The earth dries up and withers; the whole world grows weak; both earth and sky decay.
5 The people have defiled the earth by breaking God's laws and by violating the covenant he made to last for ever.