3 The earth shall be utterly laid waste, and it shall be utterly plundered, for Yahweh has spoken this word.
4 The earth dries up, it withers; the world languishes, it withers. The elevated of the people of the earth languish,
5 and the earth is defiled beneath its inhabitants. For they have transgressed laws; they have passed by statutes; they have broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore a curse devours the earth, and the inhabitants in it suffer for their guilt. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth burn, and few men are left.
7 The new wine dries up; the vine languishes. All the merry of heart sigh;
8 the joy of the tambourine has stopped. The noise of the jubilant has ceased; the joy of the lyre has stopped.
9 They do not drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.