ISV(i)
3 The earth will be utterly depopulated and completely laid waste — for the LORD has spoken this message.
4 “The earth dries up and withers; the world languishes and fades away; heaven fades away, along with the earth.
5 The earth lies defiled beneath its inhabitants; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore the curse keeps on consuming, and its inhabitants are declared guilty. Furthermore, the inhabitants of earth are ablaze, and few people are left.
7 The new wine evaporates; the vine and the oil dry up; all the merrymakers groan.
8 “The celebrations of the tambourine have ended, the noise of the jubilant has stopped, and the mirth that the harp produces has ended.
9 No longer do they drink wine accompanied by singing; even beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.
10 The chaotic city lies broken down; every house is closed up so that no one can enter them.
11 There is an outcry in the streets over wine; all cheer turns to gloom; the fun times of the earth are banished.
12 Desolation remains in the city whose gates lie battered into ruins.