Isaiah 24:1-8

1Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste, Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants.

2And 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.

3The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered, For the Lord has spoken this word.

4The earth mourns and fades away, The world languishes and fades away; The haughty people of the earth languish.

5The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed the laws, Changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant.

6Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, And those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, And few men are left.

7The new wine fails, the vine languishes, All the merry-hearted sigh.

8The mirth of the tambourine ceases, The noise of the jubilant ends, The joy of the harp ceases.