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# Chapter 2
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1 I will take my stand at my watchpost
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and station myself on the tower,
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and look out to see what he will say to me,
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and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
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2 And the Lord answered me:
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“Write the vision;
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make it plain on tablets,
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so he may run who reads it.
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3 For still the vision awaits its appointed time;
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it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
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If it seems slow, wait for it;
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it will surely come; it will not delay.
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4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
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but the righteous shall live by his faith.
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5 “Moreover, wine is a traitor,
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an arrogant man who is never at rest.
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His greed is as wide as Sheol;
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like death he has never enough.
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He gathers for himself all nations
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and collects as his own all peoples.”
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6 Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,
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“Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own—
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for how long?—
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and loads himself with pledges!”
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7 Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
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and those awake who will make you tremble?
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Then you will be spoil for them.
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8 Because you have plundered many nations,
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all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
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for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
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to cities and all who dwell in them.
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9 “Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
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to set his nest on high,
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to be safe from the reach of harm!
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10 You have devised shame for your house
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by cutting off many peoples;
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you have forfeited your life.
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11 For the stone will cry out from the wall,
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and the beam from the woodwork respond.
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12 “Woe to him who builds a town with blood
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and founds a city on iniquity!
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13 Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts
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that peoples labor merely for fire,
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and nations weary themselves for nothing?
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14 For the earth will be filled
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with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord
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as the waters cover the sea.
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15 “Woe to him who makes his neighbors drink—
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you pour out your wrath and make them drunk,
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in order to gaze at their nakedness!
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16 You will have your fill of shame instead of glory.
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Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
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The cup in the Lord's right hand
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will come around to you,
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and utter shame will come upon your glory!
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17 The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
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as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
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for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
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to cities and all who dwell in them.
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18 “What profit is an idol
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when its maker has shaped it,
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a metal image, a teacher of lies?
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For its maker trusts in his own creation
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when he makes speechless idols!
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19 Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
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to a silent stone, Arise!
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Can this teach?
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Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
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and there is no breath at all in it.
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20 But the Lord is in his holy temple;
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let all the earth keep silence before him.” |