3 Everyone will be forced out of the land. All the wealth will be taken. This will happen because the Lord commanded it.
4 The country will be empty and sad. The world will be empty and weak. The great leaders of the people in this land will become weak.
5 The people have ruined the land. They did what God said was wrong. They did not obey God’s laws. They made an agreement with God a long time ago, but they broke their agreement with God.
6 The people living in this land are guilty of doing wrong, so God promised to destroy the land. The people will be punished, and only a few of them will survive.
7 The grapevines are dying. The new wine is bad. People who were happy are now sad.
8 They have stopped showing their joy. The happy music from the drums and harps has ended.
9 They no longer sing as they drink their wine. The beer now tastes bitter to those who drink it.