Daily Bread

⁹ “Woe to him who builds^(A) his house by unjust gain,^(B)
    setting his nest^(C) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!
¹⁰ You have plotted the ruin^(D) of many peoples,
    shaming^(E) your own house and forfeiting your life.
¹¹ The stones^(F) 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^(G)
    and establishes a town by injustice!
¹³ Has not the Lord Almighty determined
    that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,^(H)
    that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?^(I)
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory^(J) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.^(K)

¹⁵ “Woe to him who gives drink^(L) 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^(M) instead of glory.^(N)
    Now it is your turn! Drink^(O) and let your nakedness be exposed^[a]!^(P)
The cup^(Q) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
    and disgrace will cover your glory.
¹⁷ The violence^(R) you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
    and your destruction of animals will terrify you.^(S)
For you have shed human blood;^(T)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

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

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