Isaiah 24:1-8

1Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

2Everyone will suffer – the priest as well as the people, the master as well as the servant, the elegant lady as well as the female attendant, the seller as well as the buyer, the borrower as well as the lender, the creditor as well as the debtor.

3The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the Lord has decreed this judgment.

4The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away.

5The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have violated laws, disregarded the regulation, and broken the permanent treaty.

6So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people.

7The new wine dries up, the vines shrivel up, all those who like to celebrate groan.

8The happy sound of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases.