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I will stand[H5975] upon my watch[H4931], and set[H3320] me upon the tower[H4692], and will watch[H6822] to see[H7200] what he will say[H1696] unto me, and what I shall answer[H7725] when I am reproved[H8433].
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And the LORD[H3068]answered[H6030] me, and said[H559], Write[H3789] the vision[H2377], and make it plain[H874] upon tables[H3871], that he may run[H7323] that readeth[H7121] it.
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For the vision[H2377] is yet for an appointed time[H4150], but at the end[H7093] it shall speak[H6315], and not lie[H3576]: though it tarry[H4102], wait[H2442] for it; because it will surely[H935]come[H935], it will not tarry[H309].
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Behold, his soul[H5315] which is lifted up[H6075] is not upright[H3474] in him: but the just[H6662] shall live[H2421] by his faith[H530].
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Yea also, because he transgresseth[H898] by wine[H3196], he is a proud[H3093]man[H1397], neither keepeth at home[H5115], who enlargeth[H7337] his desire[H5315] as hell[H7585], and is as death[H4194], and cannot be satisfied[H7646], but gathereth[H622] unto him all nations[H1471], and heapeth[H6908] unto him all people[H5971]:
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Shall not all these take up[H5375] a parable[H4912] against him, and a taunting[H4426]proverb[H2420] against him, and say[H559], Woe[H1945] to him that increaseth[H7235] that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth[H3513] himself with thick clay[H5671]!
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Shall they not rise up[H6965]suddenly[H6621] that shall bite[H5391] thee, and awake[H3364] that shall vex[H2111] thee, and thou shalt be for booties[H4933] unto them?
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Because thou hast spoiled[H7997]many[H7227]nations[H1471], all the remnant[H3499] of the people[H5971] shall spoil[H7997] thee; because of men's blood[H1818], and for the violence[H2555] of the land[H776], of the city[H7151], and of all that dwell[H3427] therein.
9Woe[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[H3709] of evil[H7451]!
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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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For the stone[H68] shall cry out[H2199] of the wall[H7023], and the beam out[H3714] of the timber[H6086] shall answer[H6030] it.
12Woe[H1945] to him that buildeth[H1129] a town[H5892] with blood[H1818], and stablisheth[H3559] a city[H7151] by iniquity[H5766]!
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Behold, is it not of the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] that the people[H5971] shall labour[H3021] in the very[H1767]fire[H784], and the people[H3816] shall weary[H3286] themselves for very[H1767]vanity?[H7385]
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For the earth[H776] shall be filled[H4390] with the knowledge[H3045] of the glory[H3519] of the LORD[H3068], as the waters[H4325]cover[H3680] the sea[H3220].
15Woe[H1945] unto him that giveth his neighbour[H7453]drink[H8248], that puttest[H5596] thy bottle[H2573] to him, and makest him drunken[H7937] also, that thou mayest look[H5027] on their nakedness[H4589]!
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Thou art filled[H7646] with shame[H7036] for glory[H3519]: drink[H8354] thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered[H6188]: the cup[H3563] of the LORD'S right hand[H3225] shall be turned[H5437] unto thee, and shameful spewing[H7022] shall be on thy glory[H3519].
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For 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's blood[H1818], and for the violence[H2555] of the land[H776], of the city[H7151], and of all that dwell[H3427] therein.
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What profiteth[H3276] the graven[H6458]image[H6459] that the maker[H3335] thereof hath graven[H6458] it; the molten image[H4541], and a teacher[H3384] of lies[H8267], that the maker[H3335] of his work[H3336]trusteth[H982] therein, to make[H6213]dumb[H483]idols?[H457]
19Woe[H1945] unto him that saith[H559] to the wood[H6086], Awake[H6974]; to the dumb[H1748]stone[H68], Arise[H5782], it shall teach[H3384]! Behold, it is laid[H8610] over with gold[H2091] and silver[H3701], and there is no breath[H7307] at all in the midst[H7130] of it.
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But the LORD[H3068] is in his holy[H6944]temple[H1964]: let all the earth[H776] keep silence[H2013]before[H6440] him.