I will astand on my guard
post
And station
myself on the rampart
; And I will bkeep
watch
to see
cwhat
He will speak
to me, And how
I may reply
1when
I am reproved
.
Then the LORD answered
me and said
, " aRecord
the vision
And inscribe
it on tablets
, That 1the one who 2reads
it may run
.
"For the vision is yet
for the aappointed
time
; It 1hastens
toward the goal
and it will not 2fail
. Though
it tarries
, bwait
for it; For it will certainly
come
, it cwill not delay
.
"Behold, as for the aproud
one, His soul
is not right
within him; But the brighteous
will live
by his 1faith
.
"Furthermore, awine
betrays
the bhaughty
man
, So that he does not cstay
at home
. He denlarges
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
atake
up a taunt-song
against
him, Even mockery
and insinuations
against him And say
, ` bWoe
to him who increases
what is not his-- For how
long
-- And makes
himself 1rich
with loans
?'
"Will not 1your creditors arise
up suddenly
, And those who 2collect
from you awaken
? Indeed, you will become
plunder
for them.
"Because you have alooted
many
nations
, All
the remainder
of the peoples
will loot
you-- Because
of human
bloodshed
and violence
1done to the land
, To the town
and all
its inhabitants
.
"Woe to him who gets
aevil
gain
for his house
To bput
his nest
on high
, To be delivered
from the hand
of calamity
!
"You have devised a ashameful
thing
for your house
By cutting
off
many
peoples
; So you are bsinning
against yourself
.
"Surely the astone
will cry
out from the wall
, And the rafter
will answer
it from the 1framework
.
"Woe to him who abuilds
a city
with bloodshed
And founds
a town
with 1violence
!
"Is it not indeed from the LORD
of hosts
That peoples
atoil
for fire
, And nations
grow
weary
for nothing
?
"For the earth will be afilled
With the knowledge
of the glory
of the LORD
, As the waters
cover
the sea
.
"Woe to you who make 1your neighbors
drink
, 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
adrink
and 1expose
your own nakedness
. The bcup
in the LORD'S
right
hand
will come
around
to you, And cutter
disgrace
will come upon your glory
.
"For the aviolence 1done to Lebanon
will 2overwhelm
you, And the devastation
of its beasts
3by which you terrified
them, bBecause
of human
bloodshed
and cviolence
4done to the land
, To the town
and all
its inhabitants
.
"What aprofit
is the 1idol
when
its maker
has carved
it, Or 2an image
, a bteacher
of falsehood
? For its maker
ctrusts
in his own handiwork
When he fashions
speechless
idols
.
"Woe to him who asays
to a piece of wood
, ` bAwake
!' To a mute
stone
, `Arise
!' And that is your teacher
? Behold
, it is overlaid
with cgold
and silver
, And there
is dno
breath
at all
inside
it.
"But the aLORD is in His holy
temple
. 1Let all
the earth
bbe silent
before
Him."