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The whole city is in a terrible uproar.
What do I see in this reveling city?
Bodies are lying everywhere,
killed not in battle but by famine and disease.
What do I see in this reveling city?
Bodies are lying everywhere,
killed not in battle but by famine and disease.
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.
They surrendered without resistance.
The people tried to slip away,
but they were captured, too.
They surrendered without resistance.
The people tried to slip away,
but they were captured, too.
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.”
That’s why I said, “Leave me alone to weep;
do not try to comfort me.
Let me cry for my people
as I watch them being destroyed.”
do not try to comfort me.
Let me cry for my people
as I watch them being destroyed.”
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.
Oh, what a day of crushing defeat!
What a day of confusion and terror
brought by the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
upon the Valley of Vision!
The walls of Jerusalem have been broken,
and cries of death echo from the mountainsides.
What a day of confusion and terror
brought by the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
upon the Valley of Vision!
The walls of Jerusalem have been broken,
and cries of death echo from the mountainsides.
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.
Elamites are the archers,
with their chariots and charioteers.
The men of Kir hold up the shields.
with their chariots and charioteers.
The men of Kir hold up the shields.
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.
Chariots fill your beautiful valleys,
and charioteers storm your gates.
and charioteers storm your gates.
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 survey the houses and tear some down
for stone to strengthen the walls.
for stone to strengthen the walls.
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.
Between the city walls, you build a reservoir
for water from the old pool.
But you never ask for help from the One who did all this.
You never considered the One who planned this long ago.
for water from the old pool.
But you never ask for help from the One who did all this.
You never considered the One who planned this 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.
At that time the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
called you to weep and mourn.
He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins
and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.
called you to weep and mourn.
He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins
and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.
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 instead, you dance and play;
you slaughter cattle and kill sheep.
You feast on meat and drink wine.
You say, “Let’s feast and drink,
for tomorrow we die!”
you slaughter cattle and kill sheep.
You feast on meat and drink wine.
You say, “Let’s feast and drink,
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 of Heaven’s Armies has revealed this to me: “Till the day you die, you will never be forgiven for this sin.” That is the judgment of the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
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:
A Message for Shebna
This is what the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, said to me: “Confront Shebna, the palace administrator, and give him this message:
‘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?
“Who do you think you are,
and what are you doing here,
building a beautiful tomb for yourself —
a monument high up in the rock?
and what are you doing here,
building a beautiful tomb for yourself —
a monument high up 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.
For the LORD is about to hurl you away, mighty man.
He is going to grab you,
He is going to grab you,
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.
crumple you into a ball,
and toss you away into a distant, barren land.
There you will die,
and your glorious chariots will be broken and useless.
You are a disgrace to your master!
and toss you away into a distant, barren land.
There you will die,
and your glorious chariots will be broken and useless.
You are a disgrace to your master!
“Yes, I will drive you out of office,” says the LORD. “I will pull you down from your high 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;
And then I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah to replace you.
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 dress him in your royal robes and will give him your title and your authority. And he will be a father to the people of Jerusalem and 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 give him the key to the house of David — the highest position in the royal court. When he opens doors, no one will be able to close them; when he closes doors, no one will be able to open them.
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.
He will bring honor to his family name, for I will drive him firmly in place like a nail in the wall.
‘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.
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.’ ”
But the LORD of Heaven’s Armies also says: “The time will come when I will pull out the nail that seemed so firm. It will come out and fall to the ground. Everything it supports will fall with it. I, the LORD, have spoken!”