Esias 24:6

6 Therefore a curse shall consume the earth, because the inhabitants thereof have sinned: therefore the dwellers in the earth shall be poor, and few men shall be left.

Esias 24:6 In-Context

4 The earth mourns, and the world is ruined, the lofty ones of the earth are mourning.

5 And she has sinned by reason of her inhabitants; because they have transgressed the law, and changed the ordinances, the everlasting covenant.

6 Therefore a curse shall consume the earth, because the inhabitants thereof have sinned: therefore the dwellers in the earth shall be poor, and few men shall be left.

7 The wine shall mourn, the vine shall mourn, all the merry-hearted shall sigh.

8 The mirth of timbrels has ceased, the sound of the harp has ceased.