Isaiah 24:3-12

Bishops(i) 3 The lande shalbe cleane wasted and vtterly spoyled: for so the Lorde hath spoken 4 The earth is sory and consumeth away, the worlde is feeble & perisheth, the proude people of the earth are come to naught 5 The earth also is become vnprofitable vnder the inhabitours therof, which haue transgressed the lawes, chaunged the ordinaunce, broken the euerlastyng couenaunt 6 Therfore hath the curse consumed the earth, and they that dwell therin are fallen into trespasse: Wherfore the inhabitours of the earth are perished with drought, and fewe men are left behinde 7 The wine fayleth, the vine hath no myght, all they that haue ben mery of heart are come to mournyng 8 The myrth of tabrettes is layde downe, the noyse of such as haue made mery is ceassed, the ioy at the harpe is at an ende 9 They shall drynke no more wine with mirth, strong drynke shalbe bytter to them that drinke it 10 The citie of vanitie is broken downe, euery house is shut vp, that no man may come in 11 In the streetes is there a crying because of wine, all cheare is vanished away, the myrth of the lande is gone 12 In the citie is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction