11. For the stone will cry out from the wall,and the beam of the woodwork will answer it.
12. “Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshedand establishes a city on iniquity!”
13. Is it not from the Lord of Hoststhat the people labor to feed fire,and the nations weary themselves for nothing?
14. For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,as the waters cover the seas.
15. “Woe to him who makes his neighbor drink,pouring out your poison until they are drunk,that you may look on their nakedness!”
16. You will be filled with shame instead of glory.You yourself—drink and show your uncircumcision!The cup of the Lord’s right hand will be turned against you,and utter shame will come on your glory!
17. The violence done to Lebanon will cover you,as will the plunder of beasts that terrified them,because of the bloodshed of men and violence of the land,of the cities and all who live in them.
18. What profit is a carved image when its maker has carved it,a cast image, and a teacher of lies,that its maker trusts in what he has shapedwhen he makes mute idols?