2:1 I will stand upon my watch, and mount
upon the rock, and watch to see what he will say by me, and what I shall
answer when I am reproved.
2:2 And Yehovah answered me and said, Write the vision, and [that] plainly
on a tablet, that he that reads it may run.
2:3 For the vision [is] yet for a time, and it shall shoot forth at the end,
and not in vain: though he should tarry, wait for him; for he will surely
come, and will not tarry.
2:4 If he should draw back, my soul has no pleasure in him: but the just
shall live by my faith.
2:5 But the arrogant man and the scorner, the boastful man, shall not finish
anything; who has enlarged his desire as the grave, and like death he is
never satisfied, and he will gather to himself all the nations, and will
receive to himself all the peoples.
2:6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him? and a proverb to tell
against him? and they shall say, Woe to him that multiplies to himself the
possessions which are not his! how long? and who heavily loads his yoke.
2:7 For suddenly there shall arise up those that bite him, and they that
plot against thee shall awake, and thou shalt be a plunder to them.
2:8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the nations that are left
shall spoil [thee], because of the blood o men, and the sins of the land and
city, and of all that dwell in it.
2:9 Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may
set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils.
2:10 Thou hast devised shame to thy house, thou hast utterly destroyed many
nations, and thy soul has sinned.
2:11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beetle out of the
timber shall speak.
2:12 Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by
unrighteousness.
2:13 Are not these things of Yehovah Almighty? surely many people have been
exhausted in the fire, and many nations have fainted.
2:14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the
Lord; it shall cover them as water.
2:15 Woe to him that gives his neighbour to drink the thick lees [of wine],
and intoxicates [him], that he may look upon their secret parts.
2:16 Drink thou also [thy] fill of disgrace instead of glory: shake, O
heart, and quake, the cup of the right hand of Yehovah has come round upon
thee, and dishonour has gathered upon thy glory.
2:17 For the ungodliness of Libanus shall cover thee, and distress because
of wild beasts shall dismay thee, because of the blood of men, and the sins
of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.
2:18 What profit it the graven image, that they have graven it? [one] has
made it a molten work, a false image; for the maker has trusted in his work,
to make dumb idols.
2:19 Woe to him that says to the wood, Awake, arise; and to the stone, Be
thou exalted! whereas it is an image, and this is a casting of gold and
silver, and there is no breath in it.
2:20 But Yehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth fear before him. |
2:1 I 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.
2:2 And Yehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain
upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
2:3 For 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.
2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just
shall live by his faith.
2:5 Yea 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:
2:6 Shall 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!
2:7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that
shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
2:8 Because 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.
2:9 Woe 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!
2:10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and
hast sinned against thy soul.
2:11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber
shall answer it.
2:12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by
iniquity!
2:13 Behold, is it not of Yehovah of hosts that the people shall labour in
the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
2:14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the
Yehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
2:15 Woe 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!
2:16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy
foreskin be uncovered: the cup of Yehovah's right hand shall be turned unto
thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
2:17 For 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.
2:18 What 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?
2:19 Woe 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.
2:20 But Yehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence
before him. |