The LORD Answers Again
I will stand at my guard post Isa 21:8Isa 62:62Sa 18:24Psa 85:8Psa 73:16-17Psa 5:32Co 13:3Jer 12:1
and station myself on the ramparts.
I will watch to see what He will say to me,
and how I should answer when corrected.
Then the LORD answered me: Isa 30:8Rev 14:13Rev 1:18-19Deu 31:22Rev 21:5-8Dan 12:4Deu 27:8Isa 8:1
“Write down this vision
and clearly inscribe it on tablets,
so that a herald may run with it.
For the vision awaits an appointed time; Psa 27:14Heb 10:36-37Lam 3:25-26Ezk 12:25Psa 102:13Psa 130:5-6Dan 10:14Jas 5:7-8
it testifies of the end and does not lie.
Though it lingers, wait for it,
since it will surely come and will not delay. 1
Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright 2— Rom 1:17Heb 10:38Gal 3:11-12Gal 2:16Jhn 3:361Jn 5:10-12Luk 18:14Dan 4:37
but the righteous will live by faith 3—
and wealth 4indeed betrays him. Isa 5:11-12Pro 20:1Pro 27:20Pro 31:4-52Ki 14:10Dan 5:1-4Ecc 5:10Isa 10:7-13
He is an arrogant man never at rest.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death, he is never satisfied.
He gathers all the nations to himself
and collects all the peoples as his own.
Woe to the Chaldeans
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, Isa 14:4-19Jer 29:22Jer 50:13Job 20:15-29Mic 2:4Num 23:71Co 7:29-311Pe 4:7
speaking with mockery and derision:
‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his
and makes himself rich with many loans!
How long will this go on?’
Will not your creditors suddenly arise Pro 29:11Th 5:3Dan 5:25-31Ecc 10:8Isa 13:1-5Isa 13:16-18Isa 21:2-9Isa 41:25
and those who disturb you awaken?
Then you will become their prey.
Because you have plundered many nations, Isa 33:1Hab 2:17Jer 27:7Hab 2:10Isa 33:4Isa 47:6Jer 30:16Jer 50:10-11
the remnant of the people will plunder you—
because of your bloodshed against man
and your violence against the land, the city,
and all their dwellers.
Woe to him who builds his house Jer 49:16Jer 22:13-191Ki 21:19-241Ki 21:2-42Ki 5:20-27Act 1:17-25Deu 7:25-26Gen 13:10-13
by unjust gain,
to place his nest on high
and escape the hand of disaster!
You have plotted shame for your house 2Ki 9:26Nam 1:141Ki 2:232Ki 10:7Hab 2:16Isa 14:20-22Isa 33:11Jer 22:30
by cutting off many peoples
and forfeiting your life. 5
For the stones will cry out from the wall, Luk 19:40Jos 24:27Jas 5:3-4Job 31:38-40Gen 4:10Heb 12:24Rev 6:10
and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed Mic 3:10Nam 3:1Dan 4:27-31Jer 22:13-17Jos 6:26Rev 17:61Ki 16:34Ezk 24:9
and establishes a town by iniquity!
Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts Jer 51:58Isa 50:11Pro 21:30Gen 11:6-9Isa 41:5-8Isa 55:2Job 5:13-14Mal 1:4
that the labor of the people only feeds the fire,
and the nations weary themselves in vain?
For the earth will be filled Isa 11:9Psa 22:27Psa 72:19Isa 6:3Psa 86:9Zec 14:8-9Psa 67:1-2Rev 11:15
with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD
as the waters cover the sea.
Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, Jer 51:7Gen 9:22Hos 7:5Rev 17:2Rev 17:6Rev 18:32Sa 11:132Sa 13:26-28
pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk,
in order to gaze at their nakedness!
You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Isa 47:3Nam 3:5-6Hos 4:7Hos 7:5Isa 20:4Isa 28:7-8Isa 49:26Isa 51:21-23
You too must drink
and expose your uncircumcision! 6
The cup in the LORD’s right hand
will come around to you,
and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, Hab 2:8Psa 55:23Zec 11:1Jer 50:28Jer 50:33-34Jer 51:24Jer 51:34-37Pro 28:17
and the destruction of animals will terrify you,
because of your bloodshed against men
and your violence against the land, the city,
and all their dwellers.
What use is an idol, Jer 10:81Co 12:2Isa 44:9-10Zec 10:2Jer 2:27-28Isa 42:17Isa 45:16Psa 115:4-8
that a craftsman should carve it—
or an image,
a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ Psa 135:17Jer 10:41Ki 18:26-29Jer 10:9Act 17:29Dan 3:1Dan 3:18Dan 3:29
or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’
Can it give guidance?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
yet there is no breath in it at all.”
But the LORD is in His holy temple; Zec 2:13Zep 1:7Psa 46:10Psa 11:4Isa 6:1Jon 2:7Mic 1:2Psa 76:8-9
let all the earth be silent before Him.