1 I will stand at my watch post;I will remain stationed on the city wall.I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to meand can know how I should answerwhen he counters my argument.
2 The Lord responded:“Write down this message! Record it legibly on tablets,so the one who announces it may read it easily.
3 For the message is a witness to what is decreed;it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out.Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently;for it will certainly come to pass – it will not arrive late.
4 Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion,but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.
5 Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man!His appetite is as big as Sheol’s;like death, he is never satisfied.He gathers all the nations;he seizes all peoples.
6 “But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings:‘The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead (How long will this go on?) – he who gets rich by extortion!’
7 Your creditors will suddenly attack;those who terrify you will spring into action,and they will rob you.