1 I willhIsa. 21:8 take my stand at my watchpost
and station myself on the tower,
andiJer. 6:17; Ezek. 33:2 look out to seejPs. 85:8 what he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
2
And the Lord answered me:
kIsa. 8:1; 30:8; [Rev. 1:19] “Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it.
3 For stilll[Dan. 10:14]; See Ezek. 7:5-7 the vision awaits its appointed time;
it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow,mZeph. 3:8; See Isa. 8:17 wait for it;
nCited Heb. 10:37; [2 Pet. 3:9] it will surely come; it will not delay.
4 Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
butoCited Rom. 1:17; Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38; [John 3:36] the righteous shall live by his faith.1Or faithfulness
5 Moreover, wine ispch. 1:13; Isa. 21:2 a traitor,
an arrogant man who is never at rest.
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like deathq[Prov. 27:20] he has never enough.
rJer. 27:7; [ch. 1:6; Dan. 2:37, 38] He gathers for himself all nations
and collects as his own all peoples. ”
6 Shall not all thesesMic. 2:4; See Num. 23:7 take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,
tver. 19; Isa. 5:8 “Woe to himu[ch. 1:6] who heaps up what is not his own—
forvSee Zech. 1:12 how long?—
andw[Ezek. 18:7] loads himself with pledges! ”
7 xSee Isa. 21:5-9 Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
and those awake who will make you tremble?
Then you will be spoil for them.
8 y[Isa. 33:1] Because you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
zver. 17 for the blood of man andy[Isa. 33:1] violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
9 t[See ver. 6 above] “Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
a[Isa. 14:13] tobJer. 49:16; [Num. 24:21] set his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
10 You have devised shame for your house
c[ch. 1:17] by cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
11 Ford[Luke 19:40] the stone will cry out from the wall,
and the beam from the woodwork respond.
12 t[See ver. 6 above] Woe to himeSee Mic. 3:10 who builds a town with blood
and founds a city on iniquity!
13 Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts
thatfJer. 51:58 peoples labor merely for fire,
and nations weary themselves for nothing?
14 gIsa. 11:9 For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge ofhPs. 72:19 the glory of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
15 t[See ver. 6 above] Woe to himi[ver. 5; Jer. 51:7] who makes his neighbors drink—
you pour out your wrath and make them drunk,
in order to gazejLam. 4:21; [Gen. 9:22] at their nakedness!
16 You will have your fillkNah. 3:5 of shame instead of glory.
lJer. 25:15, 26 Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
lJer. 25:15, 26 The cup in the Lord 's right hand
will come around to you,
andm[Nah. 3:6] utter shame will come upon your glory!
17 nver. 8 The violenceo[Isa. 14:8; Jer. 22:23] done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
nver. 8 for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
18 pIsa. 44:10 What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image,qJer. 10:8, 14; Zech. 10:2 a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makesrPs. 115:5; 1 Cor. 12:2 speechless idols!
19 sver. 6, 9, 12, 15 Woe to himtSee 1 Kgs. 18:26, 27 who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
anduPs. 135:17; Jer. 10:14 there is no breath at all in it.
20 ButvPs. 11:4; Mic. 1:2 the Lord is in his holy temple;
w[Zeph. 1:7; Zech. 2:13] let all the earth keep silence before him. ”