LEB(i)
3 The earth shall be utterly laid waste, and it shall be utterly plundered,
for Yahweh has spoken this word. 4 The earth dries up, it withers; the world languishes, it withers. The elevated of the people of the earth languish, 5 and the earth is defiled beneath its inhabitants. For they have transgressed laws; they have passed by statutes;* they have broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore a curse devours the earth, and the inhabitants in it suffer for their guilt. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth burn, and ⌊few men are left⌋.* 7 The new wine dries up; the vine languishes. All the merry of heart sigh; 8 the joy of the tambourine has stopped. The noise of the jubilant has ceased; the joy of the lyre has stopped. 9 They do not drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it. 10 The city of emptiness is broken; every house is shut ⌊so that no one can enter⌋;* 11 there is an outcry over the wine in the streets. All joy turns into ⌊darkness⌋;* the joy of the earth disappears. 12 Desolation is left in the city; the gate is crushed into a state of ruin.
for Yahweh has spoken this word. 4 The earth dries up, it withers; the world languishes, it withers. The elevated of the people of the earth languish, 5 and the earth is defiled beneath its inhabitants. For they have transgressed laws; they have passed by statutes;* they have broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore a curse devours the earth, and the inhabitants in it suffer for their guilt. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth burn, and ⌊few men are left⌋.* 7 The new wine dries up; the vine languishes. All the merry of heart sigh; 8 the joy of the tambourine has stopped. The noise of the jubilant has ceased; the joy of the lyre has stopped. 9 They do not drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it. 10 The city of emptiness is broken; every house is shut ⌊so that no one can enter⌋;* 11 there is an outcry over the wine in the streets. All joy turns into ⌊darkness⌋;* the joy of the earth disappears. 12 Desolation is left in the city; the gate is crushed into a state of ruin.