¹ Behold, Jehovah emptieth and draineth the land; Yea, he turneth it upside down, and scattereth its inhabitants.

² As with the people, so is it with the priest; As with the servant, so with the master; As with the maid, so with the mistress; As with the buyer, so with the seller; As with the borrower, so with the lender; As with the usurer, so with the giver of usury.

³ The land is utterly emptied and utterly plundered; For Jehovah hath spoken this word.

⁴ The land mourneth, and withereth; The world languisheth, and withereth; The nobles of the people of the land do languish.

⁵ The land was polluted under its inhabitants, Because they transgressed the law, they violated the statutes, They broke the everlasting covenant.

⁶ Therefore a curse devoured the land; Its inhabitants suffered for their guilt; Therefore are the inhabitants of the land consumed with heat, And few of the men are left.

⁷ The new wine mourneth; The vine languisheth; All that were of a joyful heart do sigh;

⁸ The mirth of tabrets ceaseth; The noise of them that rejoice is at an end; The joy of the harp ceaseth.

⁹ No more do they drink wine with the song; Strong drink is bitter to them that use it.

¹⁰ The city of desolation is broken down; Every house is closed, so that none can enter.

¹¹ There is a cry for wine in the streets; All gladness is departed; The mirth of the land is gone;

¹² Desolation is left in the city, And the gate is smitten into ruins.

¹³ Yea, thus shall it be in the land, in the midst of the people, As when the olive-tree has been shaken; As the gleaning, when the vintage is ended.

¹⁴ These shall lift up their voice, and sing; Yea, for the majesty of Jehovah they shall shout from the sea.

¹⁵ Wherefore praise ye Jehovah in the East, The name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea!

¹⁶ From the end of the earth we hear songs: "Glory to the righteous!" But I cry, Alas, my wretchedness, my wretchedness! woe is me! The plunderers plunder; the plunderers seize the spoil.

¹⁷ The terror, the pit, and the snare Are upon thee, O inhabitant of the land!

¹⁸ Whoso fleeth from the terror shall fall into the pit, And whoso escapeth from the pit, He shall be taken in the snare; For the floodgates of heaven are opened, And the foundations of the earth tremble.

¹⁹ The earth is utterly broken down; The earth is shattered in pieces; The earth is violently moved from her place.

²⁰ The earth reeleth like a drunkard, It moveth to and fro like a hammock; For her iniquity lieth heavy upon her, And she shall fall and rise no more.

²¹ In that day will Jehovah punish the host of the high ones that are on high, And the kings of the earth upon the earth.

²² They shall be thrown together bound into the pit, And shall be shut up in the prison, But after many days shall they be visited.

²³ The moon shall be confounded and the sun ashamed, When Jehovah of hosts shall reign in mount Zion and Jerusalem, And his glory shall be before his ancients.