3 The earth will be stripped completely bareand will be totally plundered,for the Lord has spoken this message.
4 The earth mourns and withers;the world wastes away and withers;the exalted people of the earth waste away.
5 The earth is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed teachings,overstepped decrees,and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants have become guilty;the earth’s inhabitants have been burned,and only a few survive.
7 The new wine mourns; the vine withers.All the carousers now groan.
8 The joyful tambourines have ceased.The noise of the jubilant has stopped.The joyful lyre has ceased.
9 They no longer sing and drink wine;beer is bitter to those who drink it.