2:2 The Lord responded: 1
“Write down this message! 2 Record it legibly on tablets,
so the one who announces 3 it may read it easily. 4
2:3 For the message is a witness to what is decreed; 5
it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. 6
Even if the message 7 is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; 8
for it will certainly come to pass – it will not arrive late.
2:4 Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, 9
but the person of integrity 10 will live 11 because of his faithfulness. 12
2:5 Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! 13
His appetite 14 is as big as Sheol’s; 15
like death, he is never satisfied.
He gathers 16 all the nations;
he seizes 17 all peoples.