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A Prophecy About Jerusalem
A prophecy against the Valley of Vision:
What troubles you now,
that you have all gone up on the roofs,
A prophecy against the Valley of Vision:
What troubles you now,
that you have all gone up on the roofs,
The Valley of Vision
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
you town so full of commotion,
you city of tumult and revelry?
Your slain were not killed by the sword,
nor did they die in battle.
you city of tumult and revelry?
Your slain were not killed by the sword,
nor did they die in battle.
Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
All your leaders have fled together;
they have been captured without using the bow.
All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,
having fled while the enemy was still far away.
they have been captured without using the bow.
All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,
having fled while the enemy was still far away.
All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
let me weep bitterly.
Do not try to console me
over the destruction of my people.”
let me weep bitterly.
Do not try to console me
over the destruction of my people.”
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day
of tumult and trampling and terror
in the Valley of Vision,
a day of battering down walls
and of crying out to the mountains.
of tumult and trampling and terror
in the Valley of Vision,
a day of battering down walls
and of crying out to the mountains.
For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
Elam takes up the quiver,
with her charioteers and horses;
Kir uncovers the shield.
with her charioteers and horses;
Kir uncovers the shield.
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
Your choicest valleys are full of chariots,
and horsemen are posted at the city gates.
and horsemen are posted at the city gates.
And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah,
and you looked in that day
to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest.
and you looked in that day
to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest.
And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
You saw that the walls of the City of David
were broken through in many places;
you stored up water
in the Lower Pool.
were broken through in many places;
you stored up water
in the Lower Pool.
Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
You counted the buildings in Jerusalem
and tore down houses to strengthen the wall.
and tore down houses to strengthen the wall.
And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
You built a reservoir between the two walls
for the water of the Old Pool,
but you did not look to the One who made it,
or have regard for the One who planned it long ago.
for the water of the Old Pool,
but you did not look to the One who made it,
or have regard for the One who planned it long ago.
Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
called you on that day
to weep and to wail,
to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.
called you on that day
to weep and to wail,
to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
But see, there is joy and revelry,
slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
eating of meat and drinking of wine!
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
“for tomorrow we die!”
slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
eating of meat and drinking of wine!
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
“for tomorrow we die!”
And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: “Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for,” says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:
“Go, say to this steward,
to Shebna the palace administrator:
“Go, say to this steward,
to Shebna the palace administrator:
A Message for Shebna
Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
What are you doing here and who gave you permission
to cut out a grave for yourself here,
hewing your grave on the height
and chiseling your resting place in the rock?
to cut out a grave for yourself here,
hewing your grave on the height
and chiseling your resting place in the rock?
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
“Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you
and hurl you away, you mighty man.
and hurl you away, you mighty man.
Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
He will roll you up tightly like a ball
and throw you into a large country.
There you will die
and there the chariots you were so proud of
will become a disgrace to your master’s house.
and throw you into a large country.
There you will die
and there the chariots you were so proud of
will become a disgrace to your master’s house.
He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.
I will depose you from your office,
and you will be ousted from your position.
and you will be ousted from your position.
And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
“In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah.
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants 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.
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots — all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
“In that day,” declares the Lord Almighty, “the peg driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.” The Lord has spoken.
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.