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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.
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 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.
indeed, wine betrays him;
he is arrogant and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
and like death is never satisfied,
he gathers to himself all the nations
and takes captive all the peoples.
he is arrogant and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
and like death is never satisfied,
he gathers to himself all the nations
and takes captive all the peoples.
“Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying,
“ ‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
and makes himself wealthy by extortion!
How long must this go on?’
“ ‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
and makes himself wealthy by extortion!
How long must this go on?’
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!”
Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
Then you will become their prey.
Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
Then you will become their prey.
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 you have plundered many nations,
the peoples who are left will plunder you.
For you have shed human blood;
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
the peoples who are left will plunder you.
For you have shed human blood;
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
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 who builds his house by unjust gain,
setting his nest on high
to escape the clutches of ruin!
setting his nest on high
to escape the clutches of ruin!
“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!
You have plotted the ruin of many peoples,
shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.
shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.
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.
The stones of the wall will cry out,
and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.
and the beams of the woodwork will echo 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 who builds a city with bloodshed
and establishes a town by injustice!
and establishes a town by injustice!
“Woe to him who builds a town with blood
and founds a city on iniquity!
and founds a city on iniquity!
Has not the Lord Almighty determined
that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,
that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?
that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,
that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?
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 will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
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 him who gives drink to his neighbors,
pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!
pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!
“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!
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!
The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
and your destruction of animals will terrify you.
For you have shed human blood;
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
and your destruction of animals will terrify you.
For you have shed human blood;
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
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.
“Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman?
Or an image that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.
Or an image that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.
“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 to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’
Can it give guidance?
It is covered with gold and silver;
there is no breath in it.”
Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’
Can it give guidance?
It is covered with gold and silver;
there is no breath in 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.