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1. I will climb up to my watchtower and stand at my guardpost. There I will wait to see what the LORD says and how he will answer my complaint.
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1. I will stand H5975 upon H5921 my watch H4931 , and set H3320 me upon H5921 the tower H4692 , and will watch H6822 to see H7200 what H4100 he will say H1696 unto me , and what H4100 I shall answer H7725 when H5921 I am reproved H8433 .
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2. Then the LORD said to me, "Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.
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2. And the LORD H3068 answered H6030 me , and said H559 , Write H3789 the vision H2377 , and make it plain H874 upon H5921 tables H3871 , that H4616 he may run H7323 that readeth H7121 it.
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3. This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed.
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3. For H3588 the vision H2377 is yet H5750 for an appointed time H4150 , but at the end H7093 it shall speak H6315 , and not H3808 lie H3576 : though H518 it tarry H4102 , wait H2442 for it; because H3588 it will surely come H935 H935 , it will not H3808 tarry H309 .
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4. "Look at the proud! They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked. But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.
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4. Behold H2009 , his soul H5315 which is lifted up H6075 is not upright H3474 H3808 in him : but the just H6662 shall live H2421 by his faith H530 .
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5. Wealth is treacherous, and the arrogant are never at rest. They open their mouths as wide as the grave, and like death, they are never satisfied. In their greed they have gathered up many nations and swallowed many peoples.
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5. Yea H637 also, because H3588 he transgresseth H898 by wine H3196 , he is a proud H3093 man H1397 , neither H3808 keepeth at home H5115 , who H834 enlargeth H7337 his desire H5315 as hell H7585 , and is as death H4194 , and cannot H3808 be satisfied H7646 , but gathereth H622 unto H413 him all H3605 nations H1471 , and heapeth H6908 unto H413 him all H3605 people H5971 :
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6. "But soon their captives will taunt them. They will mock them, saying, 'What sorrow awaits you thieves! Now you will get what you deserve! You've become rich by extortion, but how much longer can this go on?'
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6. Shall not H3808 all H3605 these H428 take up H5375 a parable H4912 against H5921 him , and a taunting H4426 proverb H2420 against him , and say H559 , Woe H1945 to him that increaseth H7235 that which is not H3808 his! how long H5704 H4970 ? and to him that ladeth H3513 H5921 himself with thick clay H5671 !
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7. Suddenly, your debtors will take action. They will turn on you and take all you have, while you stand trembling and helpless.
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7. Shall they not H3808 rise up H6965 suddenly H6621 that shall bite H5391 thee , and awake H3364 that shall vex H2111 thee , and thou shalt be H1961 for booties H4933 unto them?
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8. Because you have plundered many nations; now all the survivors will plunder you. You committed murder throughout the countryside and filled the towns with violence.
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8. Because H3588 thou H859 hast spoiled H7997 many H7227 nations H1471 , all H3605 the remnant H3499 of the people H5971 shall spoil H7997 thee ; because of men H120 's blood H4480 H1818 , and for the violence H2555 of the land H776 , of the city H7151 , and of all H3605 that dwell H3427 therein.
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9. "What sorrow awaits you who build big houses with money gained dishonestly! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your family's nest beyond the reach of danger.
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9. Woe H1945 to him that coveteth H1214 an evil H7451 covetousness H1215 to his house H1004 , that he may set H7760 his nest H7064 on high H4791 , that he may be delivered H5337 from the power H4480 H3709 of evil H7451 !
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10. But by the murders you committed, you have shamed your name and forfeited your lives.
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10. Thou hast consulted H3289 shame H1322 to thy house H1004 by cutting off H7096 many H7227 people H5971 , and hast sinned H2398 against thy soul H5315 .
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11. The very stones in the walls cry out against you, and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint.
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11. For H3588 the stone H68 shall cry out H2199 of the wall H4480 H7023 , and the beam H3714 out of the timber H4480 H6086 shall answer H6030 it.
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12. "What sorrow awaits you who build cities with money gained through murder and corruption!
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12. Woe H1945 to him that buildeth H1129 a town H5892 with blood H1818 , and establisheth H3559 a city H7151 by iniquity H5766 !
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13. Has not the LORD of Heaven's Armies promised that the wealth of nations will turn to ashes? They work so hard, but all in vain!
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13. Behold H2009 , is it not H3808 of H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 that the people H5971 shall labor H3021 in the very H1767 fire H784 , and the people H3816 shall weary H3286 themselves for very H1767 vanity H7385 ?
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14. For as the waters fill the sea, the earth will be filled with an awareness of the glory of the LORD.
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14. For H3588 the earth H776 shall be filled H4390 H853 with the knowledge H1847 of the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 , as the waters H4325 cover H3680 H5921 the sea H3220 .
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15. "What sorrow awaits you who make your neighbors drunk! You force your cup on them so you can gloat over their shameful nakedness.
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15. Woe H1945 unto him that giveth his neighbor drink H8248 H7453 , that puttest H5596 thy bottle H2573 to him , and makest him drunken H7937 also H637 , that H4616 thou mayest look H5027 on H5921 their nakedness H4589 !
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16. But soon it will be your turn to be disgraced. Come, drink and be exposed! Drink from the cup of the LORD's judgment, and all your glory will be turned to shame.
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16. Thou art filled H7646 with shame H7036 for glory H4480 H3519 : drink H8354 thou H859 also H1571 , and let thy foreskin be uncovered H6188 : the cup H3563 of the LORD H3068 's right hand H3225 shall be turned H5437 unto H5921 thee , and shameful spewing H7022 shall be on H5921 thy glory H3519 .
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17. You cut down the forests of Lebanon. Now you will be cut down. You destroyed the wild animals, so now their terror will be yours. You committed murder throughout the countryside and filled the towns with violence.
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17. For H3588 the violence H2555 of Lebanon H3844 shall cover H3680 thee , and the spoil H7701 of beasts H929 , which made them afraid H2865 , because of men H120 's blood H4480 H1818 , and for the violence H2555 of the land H776 , of the city H7151 , and of all H3605 that dwell H3427 therein.
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18. "What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation-- a god that can't even talk!
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18. What H4100 profiteth H3276 the graven image H6459 that H3588 the maker H3335 thereof hath graven H6458 it ; the molten image H4541 , and a teacher H3384 of lies H8267 , that H3588 the maker H3335 of his work H3336 trusteth H982 therein H5921 , to make H6213 dumb H483 idols H457 ?
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19. What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols, 'Wake up and save us!' To speechless stone images you say, 'Rise up and teach us!' Can an idol tell you what to do? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but they are lifeless inside.
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19. Woe H1945 unto him that saith H559 to the wood H6086 , Awake H6974 ; to the dumb H1748 stone H68 , Arise H5782 , it H1931 shall teach H3384 ! Behold H2009 , it H1931 is laid over H8610 with gold H2091 and silver H3701 , and there is no H369 breath H7307 at all H3605 in the midst H7130 of it.
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20. But the LORD is in his holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him."
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20. But the LORD H3068 is in his holy H6944 temple H1964 : let all H3605 the earth H776 keep silence H2013 before H4480 H6440 him.
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