9. No more will they drink wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
10. The wasted city of emptiness and confusion is broken down; every house is shut up so that no one may enter.
11. There is crying in the streets for wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is banished and gone into captivity.
12. In the city is left desolation, and its gate is battered and destroyed.
13. For so shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking and beating of an olive tree, or as the gleaning when the vintage is done [and only a small amount of the fruit remains].
14. [But] these [who have escaped and remain] lift up their voices, they shout; for the majesty of the Lord they cry aloud from the [Mediterranean] Sea.
15. Wherefore glorify the Lord in the east [whether in the region of daybreak's lights and fires, or in the west]; [glorify] the name of the Lord, the God of Israel in the isles and coasts of the [Mediterranean] Sea.
16. From the uttermost parts of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the Righteous One [and to the people of Israel]! But I say, Emaciated I pine away, I pine away. Woe is me! The treacherous dealers deal treacherously! Yes, the treacherous dealers deal very treacherously.
17. Terror and pit [of destruction] and snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!