1 Look! The lord is about to destroy the earthand make it a vast wasteland.He devastates the surface of the earthand scatters the people.
2 Priests and laypeople,servants and masters,maids and mistresses,buyers and sellers,lenders and borrowers,bankers and debtors—none will be spared.
3 The earth will be completely emptied and looted.The lord has spoken!
4 The earth mourns and dries up,and the land wastes away and withers.Even the greatest people on earth waste away.
5 The earth suffers for the sins of its people,for they have twisted God’s instructions,violated his laws,and broken his everlasting covenant.