^5 (M)They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
    ^(N)they walk about in darkness;
    ^(O)all the foundations of the earth are ^(P)shaken.

^6 (Q)I said, “You are gods,
    sons of the Most High, all of you;
⁷ nevertheless, like men ^(R)you shall die,
    and fall like any prince.”^[a]

^8 (S)Arise, O God, judge the earth;
    for you shall ^(T)inherit all the nations!

^(A)“Write the vision;
    make it plain on tablets,
    so he may run who reads it.
³ For still ^(B)the vision awaits its appointed time;
    it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, ^(C)wait for it;
    ^(D)it will surely come; it will not delay.

⁴ “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
    but ^(E)the righteous shall live by his faith.^[a]

⁵ “Moreover, wine^[b] is ^(F)a traitor,
    an arrogant man who is never at rest.^[c]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
    like death ^(G)he has never enough.
^(H)He gathers for himself all nations
    and collects as his own all peoples.”

^(J)“Woe to him ^(K)who heaps up what is not his own—
    for ^(L)how long?—
    and ^(M)loads himself with pledges!”
^7 (N)Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
    and those awake who will make you tremble?
    Then you will be spoil for them.
^8 (O)Because you have plundered many nations,
    all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
^(P)for the blood of man and ^(Q)violence to the earth,
    to cities and all who dwell in them.

^9 (R)“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
    ^(S)to ^(T)set his nest on high,
    to be safe from the reach of harm!
¹⁰ You have devised shame for your house
    ^(U)by cutting off many peoples;
    you have forfeited your life.
¹¹ For ^(V)the stone will cry out from the wall,
    and the beam from the woodwork respond.

^12 (W)“Woe to him ^(X)who builds a town with blood
    and founds a city on iniquity!
¹³ Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts
    that ^(Y)peoples labor merely for fire,
    and nations weary themselves for nothing?
^14 (Z)For the earth will be filled
    with the knowledge of ^(AA)the glory of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.

^15 (AB)“Woe to him ^(AC)who makes his neighbors drink—
    you pour out your wrath and make them drunk,
    in order to gaze ^(AD)at their nakedness!
¹⁶ You will have your fill ^(AE)of shame instead of glory.
    ^(AF)Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
^(AG)The cup in the Lord's right hand
    will come around to you,
    and ^(AH)utter shame will come upon your glory!
^17 (AI)The violence ^(AJ)done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
    as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
^(AK)for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
    to cities and all who dwell in them.

^18 (AL)“What profit is an idol
    when its maker has shaped it,
    a metal image, ^(AM)a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
    when he makes ^(AN)speechless idols!
^19 (AO)Woe to him ^(AP)who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
    to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
    and ^(AQ)there is no breath at all in it.
²⁰ But ^(AR)the Lord is in his holy temple;
    ^(AS)let all the earth keep silence before him.”