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The people who live on the earth have caused it to become unclean.

They have not obeyed God's laws.
They have turned against his teaching.
They have not obeyed the covenant that God made with them for ever.

That is why a curse is destroying the land. The people who live on it are guilty and God is punishing them. They become fewer and fewer. Only a very few of them remain.

There is no new wine and the vines are dying. The people who were happy to drink the wine are now sad.

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The earth is defiled(A) by its people;
    they have disobeyed(B) the laws,
violated the statutes
    and broken the everlasting covenant.(C)
Therefore a curse(D) consumes the earth;
    its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,(E)
    and very few are left.
The new wine dries up(F) and the vine withers;(G)
    all the merrymakers groan.(H)

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