1 Now the Lord makes the earth empty,and makes it waste,and turns it upside down,and scatters its inhabitants abroad.
2 It shall be:as with the people, so with the priest;as with the servant, so with his master;as with the maid, so with her mistress;as with the buyer, so with the seller;as with the lender, so with the borrower;as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 The land shall be utterly emptied,and utterly despoiled,for the Lord has spoken this word.
4 The earth mourns and fades away,the world languishes and fades away,the haughty people of the earth languish.