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God Answers the Prophet
I will stand on my guard post
And station myself on the rampart;
And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me,
And how I may reply when I am reproved.
I will stand on my guard post
And station myself on the rampart;
And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me,
And how I may reply when I am reproved.
The Just Shall Live by Faith
I will stand my watch
And set myself on the rampart,
And watch to see what He will say to me,
And what I will answer when I am corrected.
I will stand my watch
And set myself on the rampart,
And watch to see what He will say to me,
And what I will answer when I am corrected.
Then the LORD answered me and said,
“Record the vision
And inscribe it on tablets,
That the one who reads it may run.
“Record the vision
And inscribe it on tablets,
That the one who reads it may run.
The Just Live by Faith
Then the Lord answered me and said:
“Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
Then the Lord answered me and said:
“Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
“For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
For it will certainly come, it will not delay.
It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
For it will certainly come, it will not delay.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,
It will not tarry.
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,
It will not tarry.
“Behold, as for the proud one,
His soul is not right within him;
But the righteous will live by his faith.
His soul is not right within him;
But the righteous will live by his faith.
“Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the just shall live by his faith.
His soul is not upright in him;
But the just shall live by his faith.
“Furthermore, wine betrays the haughty man,
So that he does not stay at home.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
And he is like death, never satisfied.
He also gathers to himself all nations
And collects to himself all peoples.
So that he does not stay at home.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
And he is like death, never satisfied.
He also gathers to himself all nations
And collects to himself all peoples.
“Will not all of these take up a taunt-song against him,
Even mockery and insinuations against him
And say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his —
For how long —
And makes himself rich with loans?’
Even mockery and insinuations against him
And say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his —
For how long —
And makes himself rich with loans?’
“Will not your creditors rise up suddenly,
And those who collect from you awaken?
Indeed, you will become plunder for them.
And those who collect from you awaken?
Indeed, you will become plunder for them.
“Because you have looted many nations,
All the remainder of the peoples will loot you —
Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.
All the remainder of the peoples will loot you —
Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.
“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house
To put his nest on high,
To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
To put his nest on high,
To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
“You have devised a shameful thing for your house
By cutting off many peoples;
So you are sinning against yourself.
By cutting off many peoples;
So you are sinning against yourself.
You give shameful counsel to your house,
Cutting off many peoples,
And sin against your soul.
Cutting off many peoples,
And sin against your soul.
“Surely the stone will cry out from the wall,
And the rafter will answer it from the framework.
And the rafter will answer it from the framework.
For the stone will cry out from the wall,
And the beam from the timbers will answer it.
And the beam from the timbers will answer it.
“Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
And founds a town with violence!
And founds a town with violence!
“Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,
Who establishes a city by iniquity!
Who establishes a city by iniquity!
“Is it not indeed from the LORD of hosts
That peoples toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?
That peoples toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?
“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.
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 to you who make your neighbors drink,
Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk
So as to look on their nakedness!
Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk
So as to look on their nakedness!
“You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor.
Now you yourself drink and expose your own nakedness.
The cup in the LORD’S right hand will come around to you,
And utter disgrace will come upon your glory.
Now you yourself drink and expose your own nakedness.
The cup in the LORD’S right hand will come around to you,
And utter disgrace will come upon your glory.
“For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
And the devastation of its beasts by which you terrified them,
Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.
And the devastation of its beasts by which you terrified them,
Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.
For the violence done to Lebanon will cover you,
And the plunder of beasts which made them afraid,
Because of men’s blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.
And the plunder of beasts which made them afraid,
Because of men’s blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.
“What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it,
Or an image, a teacher of falsehood?
For its maker trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.
Or an image, a teacher of falsehood?
For its maker trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.
“What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it,
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?
“Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, ‘Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
And there is no breath at all inside it.
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
And there is no breath at all inside it.
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’
To silent stone, ‘Arise! It shall teach!’
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
Yet in it there is no breath at all.
To silent stone, ‘Arise! It shall teach!’
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
Yet in it there is no breath at all.