3. With desolation shall the earth be laid waste, and it shall be utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.
4. The earth mourned, and faded away, and is weakened: the world faded away, the height of the people of the earth is weakened.
5. And the earth is infected by the inhabitants thereof: because they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have broken the everlasting covenant.
6. Therefore shall a curse devour the earth, and the inhabitants thereof shall sin: and therefore they that dwell therein shall be mad, and few men shall be left.
7. The vintage hath mourned, the vine hath languished away, all the merryhearted have sighed.
8. The mirth of timbrels hath ceased, the noise of them that rejoice is ended, the melody of the harp is silent.