17¿ THERE- FORE WILL HE EMPTY NET HIS AND CONTINUALLY TO KILL NATIONS NOT WILL HE SPARE? 17Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?
1AT POST MY I WILL STAND AND I WILL TAKE MY STAND ON [THE] FORTIFICATION SO I MAY WATCH TO SEE WHAT? WILL HE SPEAK BY ME AND WHAT? WILL I BRING BACK ON COMPLAINT MY The LORD Answers Again 1I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.
2AND HE ANSWERED ME YAHWEH AND HE SAID WRITE DOWN [THE] VISION AND MAKE [IT] CLEAR ON THE TABLETS SO THAT HE MAY RUN [ONE WHO] READS <IN> IT 2Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
3FOR STILL [THE] VISION [IS] FOR THE APPOINTED TIME AND IT WILL PANT TO THE END AND NOT IT WILL LIE IF IT WILL DELAY WAIT FOR IT FOR SURELY <COME> IT WILL COME NOT IT WILL DELAY 3For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.*NoteCloseOr Though He lingers, wait for Him, since He will surely come and will not delay; see also LXX; cited in Hebrews 10:37.
4THERE! IT IS SWOLLEN NOT IT IS UPRIGHT SELF HIS IN HIM AND [THE] RIGHTEOUS BY FAITHFULNESS HIS HE WILL LIVE 4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright*NoteCloseLXX If he should draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him — but the righteous will live by faith*NoteCloseOr faithfulness; cited in Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, and Hebrews 10:38 —
5AND ALSO FOR <THE> WINE [IS] TREACHEROUS A MAN ARROGANT AND [WHO] NOT HE STAYS AT HOME WHO HE HAS MADE LARGE LIKE SHEOL THROAT HIS AND HE [IS] LIKE <THE> DEATH AND NOT HE IS SATISFIED AND HE HAS GATHERED TO HIMSELF ALL THE NATIONS AND HE HAS ASSEMBLED TO HIMSELF ALL THE PEOPLES 5and wealth*NoteCloseDSS; MT wine indeed betrays him. 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.
6¿ NOT THESE [NATIONS] ALL OF THEM ON HIM A SAYING WILL THEY LIFT UP AND A MOCKING SONG RIDDLES TO HIM SO MAY SOMEONE SAY? WOE TO! THE [ONE WHO] INCREASES [THAT WHICH] NOT [BELONGS] TO HIM UNTIL WHEN? AND [ONE WHO] MAKES HEAVY ON HIMSELF PLEDGE[S] Woe to the Chaldeans 6Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, 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?’
7¿ NOT SUDDENLY WILL THEY ARISE [THOSE WHO] PAY INTEREST TO YOU AND MAY THEY AWAKE? [THOSE WHO WILL] MAKE TREMBLE YOU AND YOU WILL BECOME <INTO> PLUNDER<S> FOR THEM 7Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey
8FOR YOU YOU HAVE PLUNDERED NATIONS MANY THEY WILL PLUNDER YOU ALL [THE] REST OF [THE] PEOPLES FROM [THE] BLOOD<S> OF HUMANKIND AND [THE] VIOLENCE OF [THE] LAND OF [THE] TOWN AND ALL [THOSE WHO] DWELL IN IT 8Because you have plundered many nations, 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.
9WOE TO! [ONE WHO] GAINS UNJUST GAIN EVIL FOR HOUSE HIS TO SET ON THE HIGH PLACES NEST HIS TO DELIVER HIMSELF FROM [THE] HAND OF HARM 9Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
10YOU HAVE PLANNED SHAME FOR HOUSE YOUR BY CUTTING OFF PEOPLES MANY AND [YOU HAVE] SINNED SELF YOUR 10You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.*NoteCloseLiterally sinning against your soul
11FOR A STONE FROM [THE] WALL IT WILL CRY OUT AND A RAFTER FROM [THE] WOOD<S> IT WILL ANSWER IT 11For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
12WOE TO! [ONE WHO] BUILDS A CITY BY BLOOD<S> AND HE ESTABLISHES A TOWN BY INJUSTICE 12Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
13¿ [IS IT] NOT THERE! FROM WITH YAHWEH OF HOSTS SO THEY MAY LABOR PEOPLES FOR [THE] SUFFICIENCY OF FIRE AND NATIONS FOR [THE] SUFFICIENCY OF VANITY THEY GROW WEARY 13Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
14FOR IT WILL BE FILLED THE EARTH TO KNOW <OBJ.> [THE] GLORY OF YAHWEH LIKE <THE> WATERS [WHICH] THEY COVER OVER [THE] SEA 14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
15WOE TO! [ONE WHO] MAKES DRINK <OF> NEIGHBOR HIS [YOU ARE] POURING OUT RAGE YOUR AND EVEN YOU MAKE [THEM] DRUNK SO AS TO LOOK ON NAKEDNESS<ES> THEIR 15Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
16YOU ARE SATISFIED SHAME MORE THAN HONOR DRINK ALSO YOU AND BE COUNTED AS UNCIRCUMCISED IT WILL COME ROUND TO YOU [THE] CUP OF [THE] RIGHT [HAND] OF YAHWEH AND DISGRACE [WILL BE] OVER HONOR YOUR 16You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision!*NoteCloseDSS, LXX, and Syriac and stagger The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
17FOR [THE] VIOLENCE OF LEBANON IT WILL COVER YOU AND [THE] DEVASTATION OF ANIMALS IT WILL TERRIFY THEM FROM [THE] BLOOD<S> OF HUMANKIND AND [THE] VIOLENCE OF [THE] LAND OF [THE] TOWN AND ALL [THOSE WHO] DWELL IN IT 17For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, 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.
18WHAT? DOES IT PROFIT A CARVED IMAGE THAT HE HAS CARVED IT [ONE WHO] FORMED IT A MOLTEN IMAGE AND [ONE WHICH] TEACHES FALSEHOOD FOR HE RELIES [ONE WHO] FORMED FORM HIS ON IT TO MAKE IDOLS DUMB 18What use is an idol, 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.
19WOE TO! [ONE WHO] SAYS TO <THE> WOOD WAKE UP! AWAKE TO A STONE OF SILENCE IT WILL IT TEACH? THERE! IT [IS] SHEATHED GOLD AND SILVER AND ANY BREATH NOT [IS] <IN> WITHIN IT 19Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ 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.”
20AND YAHWEH [IS] IN [THE] TEMPLE OF HOLINESS HIS HUSH! FROM BEFORE HIM ALL THE EARTH 20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.