^{3 Ref} Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word:

^{4 Ref} Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they -- the high place of the people of the land.

^{5 Ref} And the land hath been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a covenant age-during.

^{6 Ref} Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left.

^{7 Ref} Mourned hath the new wine, languished the vine, Sighed have all the joyful of heart.

^{8 Ref} Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp.