1I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets {tables}, that he may run that readeth it. 3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie; though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

4Behold, his soul that is lifted up is not upright in him; but the just shall live by his faith. 5Yea, also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as sheol {hell}, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto himself all nations, and heapeth unto himself all people: 6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! How long? And to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty {booties} unto them? 8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! 10Thou hast plotted {consulted} shame to thy house by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul. 11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. 12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! 13Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples shall labor only for {in the very} fire, and the nations {people} shall weary themselves for nothing {very vanity}? 14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. 15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy wineskin {bottle} to him, and makest him drunk {drunken} also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! 16Thou art filled with shame for glory; drink thou also, and let thy shame come upon thee {foreskin be uncovered}; the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. 17For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 18What profiteth the carved {graven} image that its {the} maker {thereof} hath engraved {graven} it; the melted {molten} image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth in it {therein}, to make dumb idols? 19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within {in the midst of} it. 20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before Him.