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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,
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.
All your rulers have fled together;
They are captured by the archers.
All who are found in you are bound together;
They have fled from afar.
They are captured by the archers.
All who are found in you are bound together;
They have fled from afar.
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.
Therefore I said, “Look away from me,
I will weep bitterly;
Do not labor to comfort me
Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.”
I will weep bitterly;
Do not labor to comfort me
Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.”
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.”
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord God of hosts
In the Valley of Vision —
Breaking down the walls
And of crying to the mountain.
By the Lord God of hosts
In the Valley of Vision —
Breaking down the walls
And of crying to the mountain.
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.
Elam bore the quiver
With chariots of men and horsemen,
And Kir uncovered the shield.
With chariots of men and horsemen,
And Kir uncovered the shield.
Elam takes up the quiver,
with her charioteers and horses;
Kir uncovers the shield.
with her charioteers and horses;
Kir uncovers the shield.
It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys
Shall be full of chariots,
And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
Shall be full of chariots,
And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
Your choicest valleys are full of chariots,
and horsemen are posted at the city gates.
and horsemen are posted at the city gates.
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.
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.
You numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
And the houses you broke down
To fortify the wall.
And the houses you broke down
To fortify the wall.
You counted the buildings in Jerusalem
and tore down houses to strengthen the wall.
and tore down houses to strengthen the wall.
You also made a reservoir between the two walls
For the water of the old pool.
But you did not look to its Maker,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
For the water of the old pool.
But you did not look to its Maker,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
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.
And in that day the Lord God of hosts
Called for weeping and for mourning,
For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
Called for weeping and for mourning,
For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
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.
But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and drinking wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and drinking wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
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!”
Then it was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of hosts,
“Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you,
Even to your death,” says the Lord God of hosts.
“Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you,
Even to your death,” says the Lord God of hosts.
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.
The Judgment on Shebna
Thus says the Lord God of hosts:
“Go, proceed to this steward,
To Shebna, who is over the house, and say:
Thus says the Lord God of hosts:
“Go, proceed to this steward,
To Shebna, who is over the house, and say:
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:
‘What have you here, and whom have you here,
That you have hewn a sepulcher here,
As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high,
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
That you have hewn a sepulcher here,
As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high,
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
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?
Indeed, the Lord will throw you away violently,
O mighty man,
And will surely seize you.
O mighty man,
And will surely seize you.
“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.
He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball
Into a large country;
There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots
Shall be the shame of your master’s house.
Into a large country;
There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots
Shall be the shame of your master’s house.
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.
I will depose you from your office,
and you will be ousted from your position.
and you will be ousted from your position.
‘Then it shall be in that day,
That I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;
That I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;
“In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
I will clothe him with your robe
And strengthen him with your belt;
I will commit your responsibility into his hand.
He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
And to the house of Judah.
And strengthen him with your belt;
I will commit your responsibility into his hand.
He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
And to the house of Judah.
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.
The key of the house of David
I will lay on his shoulder;
So he shall open, and no one shall shut;
And he shall shut, and no one shall open.
I will lay on his shoulder;
So he shall open, and no one shall shut;
And he shall shut, and no one shall open.
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 fasten him as a peg in a secure place,
And he will become a glorious throne to his father’s house.
And he will become a glorious throne to his father’s house.
‘They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers.
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.
In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the Lord has spoken.’ ”
“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.