(A)The earth mourns and withers;
    the world languishes and withers;
    the highest people of the earth languish.
The earth lies (B)defiled
    under its inhabitants;
for (C)they have transgressed the laws,
    violated the statutes,
    broken the everlasting covenant.
Therefore (D)a curse devours the earth,
    and its inhabitants (E)suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
    and few men are left.

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