1 B ehold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

Lo, Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste, And hath overturned its face, And hath scattered its inhabitants.

2 A nd 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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.

And it hath been -- as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting on himself.

3 T he earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.

Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word:

4 T he earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.

Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they -- the high place of the people of the land.

5 T he earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.

And the land hath been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a covenant age-during.

6 T herefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left.

7 T he new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.

Mourned hath the new wine, languished the vine, Sighed have all the joyful of heart.

8 T he mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp.

9 T hey shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.

10 T he waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

It was broken down -- a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance.

11 T here is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

A cry over the wine in out-places, Darkened hath been all joy, Removed hath been the joy of the land.

12 I n the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

Left in the city desolation, And wasting is the gate smitten.

13 F or thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.

When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the compassing of the olive, As gleanings when harvest hath been finished,

14 T hese shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of Jehovah they cry aloud from the sea.

They -- they lift up their voice, They sing of the excellency of Jehovah, They have cried aloud from the sea.

15 W herefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.

Therefore in prosperity honour ye Jehovah, In isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah, God of Israel.

16 F rom the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, `Leanness to me, Leanness to me, wo to me.' Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Yea, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously.

17 F ear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

Fear, and a snare, and a gin, on thee, O inhabitant of the land.

18 A nd it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

And it hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear Doth fall into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the gin, For windows on high have been opened, And shaken are foundations of the land.

19 T he earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.

Utterly broken down hath been the land, Utterly broken hath been the land, Utterly moved hath been the land.

20 T he earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.

Stagger greatly doth the land as a drunkard, And it hath been moved as a lodge, And heavy on it hath been its transgression, And it hath fallen, and addeth not to rise.

21 A nd it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

And it hath come to pass, in that day, Jehovah layeth a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the land on the land.

22 A nd they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.

And they have been gathered -- A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And shut up they have been in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.

23 T hen the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.

And confounded hath been the moon, And ashamed hath been the sun, For reigned hath Jehovah of Hosts In mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And over-against His elders -- honour!