Look, יהוה empties the earth and empties it, and twists its face, and scatters its inhabitants.

And it will be like the people, like the priest; like the servant, like its master; like the female slave, like its mistress; like the buyer, like the seller; like the lender, like the borrower; like the creditor, as the one who is owed by him.

The earth will be emptied, emptied, and the earth will be plundered, plundered, because יהוה has spoken this word.

The earth has mourned, has withered; the world has mourned, has withered; the exalted people of the earth have mourned, have withered.

And the earth has been defiled under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have broken the everlasting covenant.

Therefore, a curse has consumed the earth, and those who inhabit it have become guilty; therefore, the inhabitants of the earth have been burned, and few people are left.

The new wine has mourned, the vine has withered; all who rejoice in heart have sighed.

The joy of the tambourines has ceased; the noise of the revelers has stopped; the joy of the lyre has ceased.

They will not drink wine with song; strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

The city of chaos is broken; every house is shut, so that no one can enter.

There is outcry in the streets because of the wine; all joy has departed; the joy of the earth has gone.

In the city, only devastation remains, and the gate is struck with ruin.

For thus it will be in the midst of the earth, among the peoples, like the shaking of an olive tree, like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is finished.

They will lift up their voice; they will shout because of the majesty of יהוה; they will cry out from the sea.

Therefore, in the east, honor יהוה; in the islands of the sea, honor the name of יהוה, Elohim of Yisra'el.

From the ends of the earth we have heard songs, glory to the righteous! But I said, 'My secret, my secret, woe to me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously, yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.'

Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon you, inhabitant of the earth.

And it will be that the one who flees from the sound of the fear will fall into the pit, and the one who climbs out of the midst of the pit will be caught in the snare; for the windows from on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

The earth is violently shaken, the earth is violently broken apart, the earth is violently moved.

The earth will stagger like a drunkard and sway like a hut; its transgression will be heavy upon it, and it will fall and never rise again.

And it will be on that day that יהוה will punish the host of heaven on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

And they will be gathered together, prisoners to a dungeon, and shut up in a prison; and after many days they will be punished.

Then the moon will be ashamed, and the sun will be ashamed, because יהוה of hosts has reigned on Mount Tsiyon and in Yerushalayim, and before his elders, glory.