^{1 Ref} See, the Lord is making the earth waste and unpeopled, he is turning it upside down, and sending the people in all directions.

^{2 Ref} And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it.

^{3 Ref} The earth will be completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord.

^{4 Ref} The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.

^{5 Ref} The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken.

^{6 Ref} For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.