(This is) the burden against the Valley of Vision : What ails you now , that you have all gone up to the rooftops ,
O city of commotion ... , O town vvv of revelry ? Your slain did not die by the sword , nor were they killed in battle.
All your rulers have fled together , captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together , having fled to a distant place.
Therefore ... I said , “ Turn away from me , let me weep bitterly ! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people. ”
For the Lord GOD of Hosts has (set) a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision — of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
Elam takes up a quiver , with chariots ... and horsemen , and Kir uncovers the shield.
- Your choicest valleys are full of chariots , and horsemen are posted ... at the gates.
He has uncovered - the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
- You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected - water from the lower pool.
- You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down ... to strengthen the wall.
You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool , but you did not look to the One who made it , or consider Him who planned it long ago. ...
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing , for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
But look , there is joy and gladness , butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep , eating of meat and drinking of wine : “ Let us eat and drink , for tomorrow we die ! ”
The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing : “ Until dying day , this sin of yours will never be atoned for , ” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.
This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says : “ Go , (say) to Shebna , the steward - - in charge of the palace :
What doing here , and who (authorized) you ... to carve out a tomb here — to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock ?
Look , O mighty man ! The LORD is about to shake you violently .... He will take hold of you ,
roll you ... ... into a ball , and sling you into a wide ... land. There you will die , and there your glorious chariots {will remain} — a disgrace to the house of your master.
I will remove you from office , and you will be ousted from your position.
- On that day I will summon My servant , Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand , and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut , and what he shuts no one can open.
I will drive him like a peg into a firm place , and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.
So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house : the descendants and the offshoots — all the lesser ... vessels , from bowls to every kind ... of jar.
In that day , declares the LORD of Hosts , the peg driven into a firm place will give way ; it will be sheared off and fall , and the load - upon it will be cut down. ” Indeed , the LORD has spoken.