The earth is emptied

1Behold, Yahweh is emptying the earth and laying it waste; he will distort its surface and scatter 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 female servant, 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 one indebted to him.

3The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly plundered, for Yahweh has spoken this word.

4The earth mourns and withers; the world wastes away and withers; the exalted people of the earth waste away.

5The earth is defiled under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed laws, violated a statute, and broken the everlasting covenant.

6Therefore a curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it bear their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.