¹¹ You levy a straw tax on the poor^(A)
    and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,^(B)
    you will not live in them;^(C)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
    you will not drink their wine.^(D)

⁹ Plunder the silver!
    Plunder the gold!
The supply is endless,
    the wealth from all its treasures!

⁶ Therefore a curse^(A) consumes the earth;
    its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,^(B)
    and very few are left.
⁷ The new wine dries up^(C) and the vine withers;^(D)
    all the merrymakers groan.^(E)
8 The joyful timbrels^(F) are stilled,
    the noise^(G) of the revelers^(H) has stopped,
    the joyful harp^(I) is silent.^(J)
9 No longer do they drink wine^(K) with a song;
    the beer is bitter^(L) to its drinkers.
¹⁰ The ruined city^(M) lies desolate;^(N)
    the entrance to every house is barred.
¹¹ In the streets they cry out^(O) for wine;^(P)
    all joy turns to gloom,^(Q)
    all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.

²⁰ so that their body finds food^(A) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.^(B)