⁷ The new wine dries up^(A) and the vine withers;^(B)
    all the merrymakers groan.^(C)
8 The joyful timbrels^(D) are stilled,
    the noise^(E) of the revelers^(F) has stopped,
    the joyful harp^(G) is silent.^(H)
9 No longer do they drink wine^(I) with a song;
    the beer is bitter^(J) to its drinkers.
¹⁰ The ruined city^(K) lies desolate;^(L)
    the entrance to every house is barred.
¹¹ In the streets they cry out^(M) for wine;^(N)
    all joy turns to gloom,^(O)
    all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.

¹¹ I will stop^(A) all her celebrations:^(B)
    her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
    her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.^(C)

²³ The light of a lamp
    will never shine in you again.
The voice of bridegroom and bride
    will never be heard in you again.^(A)
Your merchants were the world’s important people.^(B)
    By your magic spell^(C) all the nations were led astray.