Behold, the LORD shall waste and plague the world, he shall make the face of the earth desolate, and scatter abroad the inhabiters thereof.

For the earth is corrupt of her indwellers. For why? They have offended the law, changed the ordinances, and broken the everlasting covenant.

The Moon and the Sun shall be ashamed, when the LORD of Hosts shall reign in mount Zion and in Jerusalem with worship, and in the sight of such as shall be of his counsel.

At in that day shall the LORD muster together the high host above, and the kings of the world upon the earth.

The sweet wine shall mourn, the grapes shall be weak, and all that have been merry in heart, shall sigh.

The earth shall be heavy and decay: The face of the earth shall perish and fall away, the proud people of the world shall come to naught.

The earth shall give a great crack, it shall have a sore ruin, and take a horrible fall.

and praise the name of the LORD God of Israel in the valleys and Islands.

It will come to pass, that whoso escapeth the terrible cry, shall fall in to the pit. And if he come out of the pit, he shall be taken with the snare. For the windows above shall be opened, and the foundations of the earth shall move.

Then shall the priest be as the people, the master as the servant, the dame like the maid, the seller like the buyer, he that lendeth upon usury, like him that borroweth upon usury, the creditor as the debtor.

We heard songs sung to the praise of the righteous, from all the ends of the world. And I said, "O mine unfruitfulness! O my poverty! Woe is me! The transgressors have offended; the transgressors have grievously offended!"

The earth shall stagger like a drunkard, to and fro; and be taken away like a tent. Her misdeeds shall lie so heavy upon her, that she must fall, and never rise up again.

And those same that remain shall lift up their voice, and be glad, and shall magnify the glory of the LORD, even from the sea

These shall be coupled together as prisoners be, and shall be shut up in one ward and punished innumerable days.

The mirth of tabrets shall be laid down, the cheer of the joyful shall cease, and the pleasure of lutes shall have an end:

the wicked cities shall be broken down, all houses shall be shut that no man may come in.

Fearfulness, the pit, and the snare are upon thee, O thou that dwellest upon the earth.

Yea miserably shall the world be wasted and clean destroyed. For the LORD hath so determined in himself.

Therefore hath the curse consumed the earth; and they that dwell therein are fallen into trespass. Wherefore the inhabiters of the earth are perished with drought, and those that remain shall be very few.

For it shall happen unto all lands and to all people, like as when a man smiteth down the olives, that are left upon the tree: or seeketh after grapes, when the wine gathering is out.

In the streets shall there be lift up a cry because of wine, all men's cheer shall vanish away, and all joy of the earth shall pass.

there shall no more wine be drunk with mirth, the beer shall be bitter to them that drink it;

Desolation shall remain in the cities, and the gates shall be smitten with destruction.