| 1 | Behold, Jehovah maketh the land empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants. |
| 2 | And 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 taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken. |
| 3 | The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word. |
| 4 | The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish. |
| 5 | And the land is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; for they have violated the laws, changed the statute, broken the everlasting covenant. |
| 6 | Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left. |
| 7 | The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh; |
| 8 | the mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. |
| 9 | They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it. |
| 10 | The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in. |
| 11 | There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone; |
| 12 | desolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten, -- a ruin. |
| 13 | For so will it be in the midst of the land among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the grape-gleanings when the vintage is done. |
| 14 | These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for the majesty of Jehovah, they shall cry aloud from the sea. |
| 15 | Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west. |
| 16 | From the end of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous! And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously. |
| 17 | Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, inhabitant of the land. |
| 18 | And it shall come to pass, [that] he who fleeth from the sound of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are open, and the foundations of the earth shake. |
| 19 | The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved. |
| 20 | The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and is shaken like a night hut; and its transgression is heavy upon it; and it falleth and shall not rise again. |
| 21 | And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. |
| 22 | And they shall be brought together, [as] an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited. |
| 23 | And the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory. |
