Daily Bread

“Write^(A) down the revelation
    and make it plain on tablets
    so that a herald^[a] may run with it.
³ For the revelation awaits an appointed time;^(B)
    it speaks of the end^(C)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait^(D) for it;
    it^[b] will certainly come
    and will not delay.^(E)

⁴ “See, the enemy is puffed up;
    his desires are not upright—
    but the righteous person^(F) will live by his faithfulness^[c](G)—
⁵ indeed, wine^(H) betrays him;
    he is arrogant^(I) and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
    and like death is never satisfied,^(J)
he gathers to himself all the nations
    and takes captive^(K) all the peoples.

“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
    and makes himself wealthy by extortion!^(M)
    How long must this go on?’
⁷ Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
    Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
    Then you will become their prey.^(N)
8 Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.^(O)
For you have shed human blood;^(P)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.^(Q)

⁹ “Woe to him who builds^(R) his house by unjust gain,^(S)
    setting his nest^(T) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!
¹⁰ You have plotted the ruin^(U) of many peoples,
    shaming^(V) your own house and forfeiting your life.
¹¹ The stones^(W) of the wall will cry out,
    and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

¹² “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed^(X)
    and establishes a town by injustice!
¹³ Has not the Lord Almighty determined
    that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,^(Y)
    that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?^(Z)
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory^(AA) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.^(AB)

¹⁵ “Woe to him who gives drink^(AC) to his neighbors,
    pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
    so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!
¹⁶ You will be filled with shame^(AD) instead of glory.^(AE)
    Now it is your turn! Drink^(AF) and let your nakedness be exposed^[d]!^(AG)
The cup^(AH) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
    and disgrace will cover your glory.
¹⁷ The violence^(AI) you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
    and your destruction of animals will terrify you.^(AJ)
For you have shed human blood;^(AK)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

¹⁸ “Of what value^(AL) is an idol^(AM) carved by a craftsman?
    Or an image^(AN) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
    he makes idols that cannot speak.^(AO)
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
    Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’^(AP)
Can it give guidance?
    It is covered with gold and silver;^(AQ)
    there is no breath in it.”^(AR)

²⁰ The Lord is in his holy temple;^(AS)
    let all the earth be silent^(AT) before him.