2 Then the Lord replied:‘Write down the revelationand make it plain on tabletsso that a herald may run with it.
3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time;it speaks of the endand will not prove false.Though it linger, wait for it;it will certainly comeand will not delay.
4 ‘See, the enemy is puffed up;his desires are not upright –but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness –
5 indeed, wine betrays him;he is arrogant and never at rest.Because he is as greedy as the graveand like death is never satisfied,he gathers to himself all the nationsand takes captive all the peoples.
6 ‘Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying,‘ “Woe to him who piles up stolen goodsand makes himself wealthy by extortion!How long must this go on?”
7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise?Will they not wake up and make you tremble?Then you will become their prey.
8 Because you have plundered many nations,the peoples who are left will plunder you.For you have shed human blood;you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.