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.
8 The glee of tambourines stops, the noise of revelers ends, the joy of the harp ceases.
9 They no longer drink wine with song. Liquor is bitter to those drinking it.
10 The shattered city is in chaos. Every house is shut up, none may enter.
11 In the streets is an outcry for wine; all joy becomes dark as evening; the mirth of the land is banished.