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.
9
They are ashamed, they have not drunk wine; strong drink has become bitter to them that drink .
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.