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| [1]Behold, 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 maketh the earth empty and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. |
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| [2]And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor. |
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| [3]The earth shall be utterly emptied, and clean despoiled; for 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 hath spoken this word. |
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| [4]The earth fainteth and fadeth away, the world faileth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do fail. |
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| [5]The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statute, broken the everlasting covenant. |
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| [6]Therefore hath a curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth waste away, and men are left few. |
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| [7]The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh. |
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| [8]The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. |
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| [9]They drink not wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it. |
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| [10]Broken down is the city of wasteness; every house is shut up, that none may come in. |
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| [11]There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. |
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| [12]In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten unto ruin. |
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| [13]For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth, among the peoples, as at the beating of olive-tree, as at the gleanings when the vintage is done. |
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| [14]Those yonder lift up their voice, they sing for joy; for the majesty of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 they shout from the sea: |
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| [15]'Therefore glorify ye 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 in the regions of light, even the name of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.' |
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| [16]From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: 'Glory to the righteous.' But I say: I waste away, I waste away, woe is me! The treacherous deal treacherously; yea, the treacherous deal very treacherously. |
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| [17]Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. |
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| [18]And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the terror shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the trap; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth do shake; |
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| [19]The earth is broken, broken down, the earth is crumbled in pieces, the earth trembleth and tottereth; |
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| [20]The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunken man, and swayeth to and fro as a lodge; and the transgression thereof is heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again. |
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| [21]And it shall come to pass in that day, that 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 will punish the host of the high heaven on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. |
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| [22]And they shall be gathered together, prisoners are gathered in the dungeon, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be punished. |
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| [23]Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before His elders shall be Glory. |
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