1Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste,
2And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
3The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled:
4The earth mourneth and fadeth away,
5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof;
6Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth,
7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth,
8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth,
9They shall not drink wine with a song;
10The city of confusion is broken down:
11There is a crying for wine in the streets;
12In the city is left desolation,
13When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people,
14They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing,
15Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires,
16From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous.
17Fear, and the pit, and the snare,
18And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit;
19The earth is utterly broken down,
20The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard,
21And it shall come to pass in that day,
22And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit,
23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed,