1 I will stand at my guard post.
2 Then the Lord answered me,
3 The vision will still happen at the appointed time.
4 “Look at the proud person. He is not right in himself.
5 Also because wine is treacherous
6 Won’t all of them ridicule him,
7 Won’t your creditors suddenly rise up
8 You have looted many nations.
9 “ ‘How horrible it will be for the one who uses violence
10 You have planned disgrace for your household
11 A stone in the wall will cry out.
12 “ ‘How horrible it will be for the one who builds a city by slaughter
13 Isn’t it from the Lord of Armies
14 But the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory
15 “ ‘How horrible it will be for the one who makes his neighbor drink
16 You are filled with disgrace rather than glory.
17 The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
18 “What benefit is there in a carved idol
19 ‘How horrible it will be for the one
20 The Lord is in his holy temple.