There is an outcryin the streetsconcerningthe wine;Alljoyturnsto gloom.The gaietyof the earthis banished.
Let our cattlebearWithoutmishapand withoutloss,[Let there be] nooutcryin our streets!
Givestrongdrinkto him who is perishing,And wineto him whose lifeis bitter.
Gladnessand joyare takenawayfrom the fruitfulfield;In the vineyardsalso there will be nocriesof joyor jubilantshouting,Notreadertreadsout winein the presses,[For] I have made the shoutingto cease.
Withina yearand [a few] daysYou will be troubled,O complacent[daughters]; For the vintageis ended,[And] the [fruit] gatheringwill not come.
For the landof my people[in which] thorns[and] briarsshall comeup; Yea,for allthe joyfulhouses[and for] the jubilantcity.
Then they will lookto the earth,and behold,distressand darkness,the gloomof anguish;and [they will be] drivenawayinto darkness.
By the furyof the LORDof hoststhe landis burnedup, And the peopleare like fuelfor the fire;Nomanspareshis brother.
"JudahmournsAnd her gateslanguish;They siton the groundin mourning,And the cryof Jerusalemhas ascended.
The nationshave heardof your shame,And the earthis fullof your cry[of distress]; For one warriorhas stumbledover another,And bothof them have fallendowntogether.
"So gladnessand joyare takenawayFrom the fruitfulfield,even from the landof Moab.And I have made the wineto ceasefrom the winepresses;Noone will tread[them] with shouting,The shoutingwill not be shouts[of joy].
And they do not cryto Me from their heartWhenthey wailon their beds;For the sakeof grainand newwinethey assemblethemselves, They turnawayfrom Me.
The vinedriesup And the figtreefails;The pomegranate,the palmalso,and the appletree,Allthe treesof the fielddryup. Indeed,rejoicingdriesup From the sonsof men.
Alasfor the day!For the dayof the LORDis near,And it will comeas destructionfrom the Almighty.
"But Abrahamsaid,'Child,rememberthat duringyour lifeyou receivedyour good things,and likewiseLazarusbad things;but nowhe is being comfortedhere,and you are in agony.
