| 1 | Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants. |
| 2 | It will 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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest. |
| 3 | The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word. |
| 4 | The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish. |
| 5 | The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant. |
| 6 | Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. |
| 7 | The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh. |
| 8 | The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases. |
| 9 | They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it. |
| 10 | The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in. |
| 11 | There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone. |
| 12 | The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction. |
| 13 | For it will be so in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done. |
| 14 | These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea. |
| 15 | Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea! |
| 16 | From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, "I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!" The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously. |
| 17 | Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who inhabitant the earth. |
| 18 | It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble. |
| 19 | The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently. |
| 20 | The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again. |
| 21 | It shall happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth. |
| 22 | They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited. |
| 23 | Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory. |
