³ The earth will be ·completely empty [devastated; laid waste].
    The wealth ·will all be taken [plundered],
    because the Lord has ·commanded it [spoken this word].
⁴ The earth will ·dry up [or mourn] and ·die [wither];
    the world will ·grow weak [languish] and ·die [wither];
    the ·great leaders [or heavens; heights; ^Lhighest ones] ·in this land [or of the earth] will ·become weak [languish].
⁵ The people of the earth have ·ruined [defiled] it,
    because they ·do not follow [have violated/transgressed] ·God’s teachings [the laws/instruction; ^LTorah]
or obey ·God’s laws [statutes; regulations]
    or keep ·their agreement with God that was to last forever [the eternal covenant/treaty].