⁵ indeed, wine^(A) betrays him;
    he is arrogant^(B) and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
    and like death is never satisfied,^(C)
he gathers to himself all the nations
    and takes captive^(D) all the peoples.

“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
    and makes himself wealthy by extortion!^(F)
    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.^(G)
8 Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.^(H)
For you have shed human blood;^(I)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.^(J)

⁹ “Woe to him who builds^(K) his house by unjust gain,^(L)
    setting his nest^(M) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!
¹⁰ You have plotted the ruin^(N) of many peoples,
    shaming^(O) your own house and forfeiting your life.
¹¹ The stones^(P) of the wall will cry out,
    and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

¹² “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed^(Q)
    and establishes a town by injustice!
¹³ Has not the Lord Almighty determined
    that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,^(R)
    that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?^(S)
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory^(T) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.^(U)

¹⁵ “Woe to him who gives drink^(V) to his neighbors,
    pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
    so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!
¹⁶ You will be filled with shame^(W) instead of glory.^(X)
    Now it is your turn! Drink^(Y) and let your nakedness be exposed^[a]!^(Z)
The cup^(AA) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
    and disgrace will cover your glory.
¹⁷ The violence^(AB) you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
    and your destruction of animals will terrify you.^(AC)
For you have shed human blood;^(AD)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

¹⁸ “Of what value^(AE) is an idol^(AF) carved by a craftsman?
    Or an image^(AG) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
    he makes idols that cannot speak.^(AH)
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
    Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’^(AI)
Can it give guidance?
    It is covered with gold and silver;^(AJ)
    there is no breath in it.”^(AK)

²⁰ The Lord is in his holy temple;^(AL)
    let all the earth be silent^(AM) before him.