2. And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken.
3. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
4. The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.
5. And the land is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; for they have violated the laws, changed the statute, broken the everlasting covenant.
6. Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left.
7. The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;
8. the mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9. They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.
10. The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in.
11. There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone;
12. desolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten, --a ruin.
13. For so will it be in the midst of the land among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the grape-gleanings when the vintage is done.