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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1"I will stand at my guard post and station myself on a tower. I will wait and see what the LORD will say about me and what I will answer when he reprimands me. " |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2When he answered, the LORD told me: "Write out the revelation, engraving it clearly on the tablets, so that a courier may run with it. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For the revelation pertains to an appointed time— it speaks truthfully about the end. Though it delays, wait for it, because it will surely come about— it will not be late! |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4"Notice their arrogance— they have no inward uprightness — but the righteous will live by their faith. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Moreover, just as wine leads astray the proud and powerful man, he remains restless; he has expanded his appetite— like the afterlife or death itself, he is never satisfied. He gathers to himself all of the nations, taking captive all of the people for himself." |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"Will not all of these ridicule him with mocking scorn? They will say, 'Woe to the one who hordes for himself what isn't his. How long will you enrich yourself by extortion?' |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Won't your creditors revolt unexpectedly? Won't those who make you tremble wake up? As a result, you'll become their prey! |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Because you plundered many nations, all of their remnants will plunder you. Human blood has been shed, and violence has been done to the land, to the city, and to all who live in it." |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9"Woe to the one who amasses profit upon unjust profit in order to establish his household, so he can establish a secure place on the heights and escape from the power of evil. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10You have brought shame to yourself by killing many people— you are forfeiting your own life. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Indeed, the stone will cry out from the wall and the rafter will respond from the woodwork." |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"Woe to the one who founds a city upon bloodshed, and constructs a city by lawlessness. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Is it not because of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies that people grow tired putting out fires, and nations weary themselves over nothing? |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Indeed, the earth will be filled with knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as water fills the sea." |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15"Woe to the one who supplies his neighbor with a drink! You are forcing your bottle on him, making him drunk so you can see them naked. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16You are filled with dishonor instead of glory. So go ahead, drink and be naked! The LORD will turn against you, and utter disgrace will debase your reputation. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Indeed, the violence done to Lebanon will overtake you, and the destruction of the beasts will terrorize you— because you shed human blood and did violence to the land, to the city, and to all who live in it." |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18"Where is the benefit in owning a carved image, that motivates its maker to carve it? It is only a cast image— a teacher that lies— because the engraver entrusts himself to his carving, crafting speechless idols. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19"Woe to the one who says to a tree, 'Wake up!' or 'Arise!' to a speechless stone. Idols like this can't teach, can they? Look, even though it is overlaid with gold and silver, there's no breath in it at all." |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20"The LORD is in his holy Temple. All the earth—be quiet in his presence." |
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