1 I will stand at my guard post,and station myself upon the rampart;I will keep watch to see what he will say to me,and what answer he will give to my complaint.
2 Then the Lord answered me and said:Write down the vision; Make it plain upon tablets,so that the one who reads it may run.
3 For the vision is a witness for the appointed time,a testimony to the end; it will not disappoint.If it delays, wait for it,it will surely come, it will not be late.
4 See, the rash have no integrity;but the just one who is righteous because of faith shall live.
5 Indeed wealth is treacherous;a proud man does not succeed.He who opens wide his throat like Sheol,and is insatiable as death,Who gathers to himself all the nations,and collects for himself all the peoples—
6 Shall not all these take up a taunt against him,and make a riddle about him, saying:Ah! you who store up what is not yours—how long can it last!—you who load yourself down with collateral.
7 Will your debtors not rise suddenly?Will they not awake, those who make you tremble?You will become their spoil!