2. And the Lord answered me: Write the vision,and make it plain on tablets,that he who reads it may run.
3. For the vision is yet for an appointed time;but it speaks of the end,and does not lie.If it delays, wait for it;it will surely come, it will not delay.
4. Look, his soul is lifted up;it is not upright in him;but the just shall live by his faith.
5. Indeed, wine betrays the proud man,who does not stay at home.He enlarges his appetite as Sheol,and like death he is never satisfied.He gathers to himself all nationsand collects for himself all peoples.
6. Shall not all these take up a taunt against him, with satire and riddles, and say, “Woe to him who increases what is not his—how long?And to him who loads himself with heavy debts!”
7. Shall not your debtors rise up suddenly,and those awake who oppress you?Then you will be their plunder.
8. Because you have plundered many nations,all the remnant of the people will plunder you,because of the bloodshed of men and violence of the land,of the cities and all who live in them.
9. “Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,to set his nest on high,to be delivered from the power of calamity!”
10. You have given shameful counsel to your houseby cutting off many peoples,and forfeiting your life.
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!”