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 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 .
The Righteous Shall Live by Faith
4Behold, his soul which 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 hell , and is as death , and cannot be satisfied , but gathereth unto him all nations , and heapeth unto him all people :
Woes Against the Wicked
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 booties unto them? 8Because thou hast spoiled many nations , all the remnant of the people 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 consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people , 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 stablisheth a city by iniquity ! 13Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire , and the people shall weary themselves for 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 neighbour drink , that puttest thy bottle to him , and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness ! 16Thou art filled with shame for glory : drink thou also, and let thy 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 graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image , and a teacher of lies , that the maker of his work trusteth 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 in the midst of it. 20But the LORD is in his holy temple : let all the earth keep silence before him.