1. Look! The lord is about to destroy the earthand make it a vast wasteland.He devastates the surface of the earthand scatters the people.
2. Priests and laypeople,servants and masters,maids and mistresses,buyers and sellers,lenders and borrowers,bankers and debtors—none will be spared.
3. The earth will be completely emptied and looted.The lord has spoken!
4. The earth mourns and dries up,and the land wastes away and withers.Even the greatest people on earth waste away.
5. The earth suffers for the sins of its people,for they have twisted God’s instructions,violated his laws,and broken his everlasting covenant.
6. Therefore, a curse consumes the earth.Its people must pay the price for their sin.They are destroyed by fire,and only a few are left alive.