1See, the Lord is making the earth waste and unpeopled, he is turning it upside down, and sending the people in all directions.
2And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it.
3The earth will be completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord.
4The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.
5The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken.
6For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.
7The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.
