Isaiah 24:1-8

1Behold, Adonai makes the land empty and makes it waste, twists its face, and scatters its inhabitants.

2So it shall be: as with the people, so with the kohen, as with a servant, so with his master, as with a maid, so with her mistress, as with a buyer, so with the seller, as with a lender, so with the borrower, as with a creditor, so with the debtor.

3The land will be utterly emptied, and totally plundered. For Adonai has spoken this word.

4The land faints and fades away, The world wilts and fades away, The exalted people of the earth wilt.

5The land is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed Torah, violated statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.

6Therefore a curse will devour the land. Those dwelling there are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the land will be burned up, so the people remaining are few.

7The new wine fails, the vine wilts, all the merry-hearted sigh.

8The glee of tambourines stops, the noise of revelers ends, the joy of the harp ceases.