² And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the female servant like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the ^(A)creditor like the debtor. ³ The earth will be completely laid waste and completely plundered, for the Lord has spoken this word. ⁴ The ^(B)earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the ^(C)exalted of the people of the earth dwindle.