² And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor [as God’s impartial judgment of sin comes on all]. ³ The earth will be completely laid waste and utterly pillaged, for the Lord has spoken this word. ⁴ The earth dries up and crumbles away, the world dries out and crumbles away, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away.