1 Behold, Adonai makes the land empty and makes it waste, twists its face, and scatters its inhabitants.
2 So it shall be: as with the people, so with the kohen, as with a servant, so with his master, as with a maid, so with her mistress, as with a buyer, so with the seller, as with a lender, so with the borrower, as with a creditor, so with the debtor.
3 The land will be utterly emptied, and totally plundered. For Adonai has spoken this word.
4 The land faints and fades away, The world wilts and fades away, The exalted people of the earth wilt.
5 The land is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed Torah, violated statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore a curse will devour the land. Those dwelling there are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the land will be burned up, so the people remaining are few.
7 The new wine fails, the vine wilts, all the merry-hearted sigh.