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1. I will take my stand and keep watch. I will take my place on the tower. And I will keep watch to see what the Lord will say, and how I should answer when He speaks strong words to me.
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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 answered me and said, "Write down the special dream on stone so that one may read it in a hurry.
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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. For it is not yet time for it to come true. The time is coming in a hurry, and it will come true. If you think it is slow in coming, wait for it. For it will happen for sure, and it will not wait.
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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. As for the proud one, his soul is not right in him. But the one who is right and good will live by his faith.
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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. "Also, wine fools the proud man, so he does not stay at home. He is like the grave who always wants more. Like death, he never has enough. He gathers all nations for himself, and gathers all people for his own.
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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. "Will not all these people make fun of him and say, 'It is bad for him who gathers what is not his and makes himself rich with other people's money. How long will 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. Will not those to whom you owe money rise up all at once? Will they not wake up and make you afraid? Then they will take what belongs to you.
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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 robbed many nations, the rest of them will rob you. For you have killed men. You have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
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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. "It is bad for him who builds his house by sinful ways, to put his nest in a high place to be safe from trouble!
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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. You have brought shame upon your house by destroying many nations. You are sinning against yourself.
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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 stone will cry out from the wall, and the roof will answer it from the wood.
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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. "It is bad for him who builds a city with blood, and builds a town with wrong-doing!
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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. Is it not the will of the All-powerful Lord that people work for what will burn up and nations make themselves tired for nothing?
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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 the earth will be filled with knowing of the Lord's shining-greatness, as the waters cover the sea.
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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. "It is bad for him who makes his neighbors drink, mixing in his poison to make them drunk, so he can look on their shame!
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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. You will be filled with shame instead of honor. Now you yourself drink and let your own shame be seen. The cup in the Lord's right hand will come around to you, and your greatness will turn 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. The bad things you have done to Lebanon will come back to you. Because you have killed its animals, now they will make you afraid. This will happen because of all the killing you have done. You have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
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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. "Of what worth is a false god when a workman has made it? Of what worth is an object of worship, a teacher of lies? For the workman trusts in his own work when he makes these false gods that cannot speak.
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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. It is bad for him who says to a piece of wood, 'Wake up!' or to a stone that cannot speak, 'Get up!' Can this teach you? See, it is covered with gold and silver. There is no breath in it.
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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 house. Let all the earth be quiet 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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