4The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.
5The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants of it; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
6Therefore has the curse devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
7The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
8The mirth of tambourines ceases, the noise of those who rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases.
9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.
10The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
