3
The earth shall be utterly laid waste and utterly despoiled; for the LORD has spoken this word.
4
The earth mourns and withers, the world languishes and withers; the heavens languish together with the earth.
5
The earth lies polluted under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
6
Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.
7
The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.