2
Then the Lord replied:
"Write down the revelation
and make it plain on tablets
so that a herald 1 may run with it.
3
For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
it speaks of the end
and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait for it;
it 2 will certainly come
and will not delay.
4
"See, the enemy is puffed up;
his desires are not upright -
but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness 3 -
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indeed, wine betrays him;
he is arrogant and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
and like death is never satisfied,
he gathers to himself all the nations
and takes captive all the peoples.