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"Furthermore, wine betrays an arrogant man, So that he does not achieve his objective. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all the nations And collects to himself all the peoples.

Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

"Will all of these not take up a song of ridicule against him, Even a saying and insinuations against him And say, 'Woe to him who increases what is not his— For how long— And makes himself rich with debts!'

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

"Will your creditors not rise up suddenly, And those who collect from you awaken? Indeed, you will become plunder for them.

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

"Since you have looted many nations, All the rest of the peoples will loot you— Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants.

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

"Woe to him who makes evil profit for his household, To put his nest on high, To be saved from the hand of catastrophe!

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

"You have planned a shameful thing for your house By bringing many peoples to an end; So you are sinning against yourself.

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

"For the stone will cry out from the wall, And the rafter will answer it from the framework.

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

"Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed, And founds a town with violence!

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

"Is it not indeed from the LORD of armies That peoples labor merely for fire, And nations become weary for nothing?

Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

"For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord , as the waters cover the sea.

"Woe to him who makes his neighbor drink; To you who mix in your venom even to make your neighbors drunk, So as to look at their genitalia!

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

"You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor. Drink, you yourself, and expose your own foreskin! The cup in the LORD'S right hand will come around to you, And utter disgrace will come upon your glory.

Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord 's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

"For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, And the devastation of its animals by which you terrified them, Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants.

For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

"What benefit is a carved image when its maker has carved it, Or a cast metal image, a teacher of falsehood? For its maker trusts in his own handiwork When he fashions speechless idols.

What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

"Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, 'Awake!' To a mute stone, 'Arise!' That is your teacher? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, Yet there is no breath at all inside it.

Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

"But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him."

But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.