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The Lord Answers Again
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer as to my reproof.
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer as to my reproof.
I will take my stand at my watchpost
and station myself on the tower,
and look out to see what he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
and station myself on the tower,
and look out to see what he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
And Jehovah answered me and said, Write the vision, and engrave it upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.
The Righteous Shall Live by His Faith
And the Lord answered me:
“Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it.
And the Lord answered me:
“Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but it hasteth to the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come, it will not delay.
For still the vision awaits its appointed time;
it hastens to the end — it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it;
it will surely come; it will not delay.
it hastens to the end — it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it;
it will surely come; it will not delay.
Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright within him: but the just shall live by his faith.
And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud man, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.
Woe to the Chaldeans
Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? -- and to him that loadeth himself with pledges!
Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? -- and to him that loadeth himself with pledges!
Woe to the Chaldeans
Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,
“Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own —
for how long? —
and loads himself with pledges!”
Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,
“Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own —
for how long? —
and loads himself with pledges!”
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and they awake up that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
and those awake who will make you tremble?
Then you will be spoil for them.
and those awake who will make you tremble?
Then you will be spoil for them.
Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the rest of the peoples shall plunder thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence [done] to the land, to the city, and all that dwell therein.
Because you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil!
“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
to set his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
to set his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thine own soul.
You have devised shame for your house
by cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
by cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
For the stone will cry out from the wall,
and the beam from the woodwork respond.
and the beam from the woodwork respond.
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by unrighteousness!
“Woe to him who builds a town with blood
and founds a city on iniquity!
and founds a city on iniquity!
Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts
that peoples labor merely for fire,
and nations weary themselves for nothing?
that peoples labor merely for fire,
and nations weary themselves for nothing?
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah as the waters cover the sea.
For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, -- that pourest out thy flask, and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
“Woe to him who makes his neighbors drink —
you pour out your wrath and make them drunk,
in order to gaze at their nakedness!
you pour out your wrath and make them drunk,
in order to gaze at their nakedness!
Thou art filled with shame instead of glory; drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and a shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
You will have your fill of shame instead of glory.
Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
The cup in the Lord’s right hand
will come around to you,
and utter shame will come upon your glory!
Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
The cup in the Lord’s right hand
will come around to you,
and utter shame will come upon your glory!
For the violence [done] to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of beasts which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence [done] to the land, to the city, and all that dwell therein.
The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?
“What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes speechless idols!
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes speechless idols!
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake! to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall it teach? Behold it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and there is no breath at all in it.
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and there is no breath at all in it.