By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.
From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’