Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
I will stand at my guard
post
and station
myself on the ramparts .
I
will watch
to see what He will say to me, and how
I should
answer when
corrected
.
I will stand at my watch,
and set
myself on the ramparts ,
and
will look
out
to see what he will say to me, and what
I will
answer concerning
my
complaint
.
Then
the
LORD
answered me :
“
Write down
this
vision and clearly
inscribe
it on tablets, so
that a
herald
may run with
it.
Yahweh
answered me ,
"
Write the
vision ,
and make
it plain
on tablets, that he
may run who
reads
it.
For the vision awaits
an
appointed time ;
it testifies
of
the end and does
not
lie
. Though it lingers
, wait for it ,
since
it will surely come and
will
not
delay.
For the vision is
yet
for
the
appointed time ,
and
it hurries
toward
the end ,
and won't
prove
false
. Though it takes
time
, wait for it ;
because
it will surely come .
It
won't
delay.
Look
at
the
proud
one;
his soul is not upright —
but the righteous will live by faith —
Behold,
his soul is puffed
up.
It
is
not upright in
him,
but the righteous will live by his
faith .
and
wealth
indeed
betrays
him.
He
is an
arrogant
man never
at rest.
He
enlarges his appetite
like
Sheol, and like Death, he
is
never
satisfied .
He
gathers all the
nations to himself and
collects
all the
peoples as
his
own
.
Yes,
moreover,
wine
is treacherous.
A
haughty
man who
doesn't
stay
at home,
who
enlarges his desire
as
Sheol, and he
is
like death, and
can't
be
satisfied ,
but
gathers to
himself
all nations ,
and
heaps
to himself all peoples.
Will
not
all of
these take up a taunt
against him, speaking
with
mockery
and derision:
‘
Woe to him who amasses
what
is not his and makes
himself rich
with
many
loans
! How long will
this
go
on
? ’
Won't
all these take up a parable
against him, and a
taunting
proverb
against
him,
and
say,
'
Woe to him who increases
that
which
is not his ,
and who
enriches
himself by
extortion
! How long? '
Will
not
your creditors
suddenly arise
and those who disturb
you awaken?
Then
you will become
their prey.
Won't
your debtors
rise
up
suddenly ,
and wake
up
those who make
you tremble,
and
you will be
their victim?
Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people
will plunder you —
because of your
bloodshed
against
man
and your
violence against
the land, the city ,
and all their
dwellers
.
Because you have plundered many nations, all
the remnant of the peoples
will plunder you ,
because of men's
blood,
and for
the
violence done
to
the land, to
the city and to
all who
dwell
in
it
.
Woe to him who builds
his house by
unjust
gain
, to
place
his nest on high and
escape
the hand of disaster
!
Woe to him who gets
an
evil
gain
for
his house, that
he
may
set
his nest on high ,
that
he
may
be
delivered
from
the hand of evil
!
You have plotted
shame for
your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting
your life
.
You have devised
shame to
your house ,
by cutting off many peoples ,
and have
sinned
against
your soul
.
For the stones
will cry out from
the wall, and the rafters
will
echo
it
from
the woodwork.
For the stone
will cry out of
the wall, and the beam
out
of
the woodwork will
answer
it
.
Woe to him who builds a city
with bloodshed
and establishes a town
by iniquity!
Woe to him who builds a town
with blood,
and establishes a city
by iniquity!
Is
it not
indeed
from
the
LORD
of Hosts that the labor of
the
people
only
feeds
the fire, and the nations weary themselves in
vain
?
Behold,
isn't
it of Yahweh
of
Hosts that the peoples
labor for
the fire, and the nations weary themselves for
vanity
?
For the earth will be filled 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 Yahweh,
as the waters cover the sea.
Woe to him who gives drink
to
his neighbors
, pouring it
from
the
wineskin
until they are drunk, in
order
to
gaze at their nakedness
!
"
Woe to him who gives his neighbor
drink
, pouring your
inflaming
wine
until they are drunk, so
that
you
may
gaze at their naked
bodies
!
You will
be
filled with shame instead
of
glory. You too
must
drink and expose
your
uncircumcision
! The cup in
the
LORD’s
right hand will come around to you, and utter
disgrace will cover your glory.
You are
filled with shame ,
and
not
glory. You will
also
drink ,
and be
exposed
! The cup of
Yahweh's
right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.
For your
violence against
Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will
terrify
you
, because of your
bloodshed
against
men
and your
violence against
the land, the
city ,
and all
their
dwellers
.
For the
violence done
to
Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the
animals, which
made
them
afraid;
because of men's
blood,
and for
the
violence done
to
the land, to
every
city and to
those
who
dwell
in
them
.
What use
is
an
idol
, that a
craftsman
should
carve
it —
or
an
image, a
teacher of lies ?
For
its maker
trusts in his
own
creation;
he
makes
idols that
cannot
speak.
"
What value
does
the
engraved
image
have
, that its
maker
has
engraved
it ;
the
molten
image, even
the
teacher of lies ,
that
he
who
fashions
its form
trusts in it,
to
make
mute
idols ?
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘
Awake! ’
or to silent
stone, ‘
Arise! ’
Can
it
give
guidance
? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet
there is no breath in
it
at all. ”
Woe to him who says to the
wood, '
Awake! '
or to the
mute
stone, '
Arise! '
Shall
this
teach
? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and
there is no breath at all in
the
midst
of
it
.
But the
LORD
is in His holy temple ;
let all the earth be silent before Him .
But Yahweh
is in his holy temple .
Let all the earth be silent before him !"
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