Proclamation Against Jerusalem
1 The1 burden against the Valley of Vision.
What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,
What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,
2 You who a1re full of noise,
A tumultuous city, aa joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword,
Nor dead in battle.
A tumultuous city, aa joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword,
Nor dead in battle.
3 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.
4 Therefore I said, “Look away from me,
aI will weep bitterly;
Do not labor to comfort me
Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.”
aI will weep bitterly;
Do not labor to comfort me
Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.”
5 aFor it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
bBy the Lord God of hosts
In the Valley of Vision—
Breaking down the walls
And of crying to the mountain.
bBy the Lord God of hosts
In the Valley of Vision—
Breaking down the walls
And of crying to the mountain.
7 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.
8 aHe removed the1 protection of Judah.
You looked in that day to the armor bof the House of the Forest;
You looked in that day to the armor bof the House of the Forest;
9 aYou also saw the1 damage to the city of David,
That it was great;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
That it was great;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
11 aYou also made a reservoir between the two walls
For the water of the old bpool.
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 bpool.
But you did not look to its Maker,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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