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.
12 And in that day the Lord God of hosts
aCalled for weeping and for mourning,
bFor baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
aCalled for weeping and for mourning,
bFor baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
13 But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and adrinking wine:
b“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and adrinking wine:
b“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14 aThen it was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of hosts,
“Surely for this iniquity there bwill be no atonement for you,
Even to your death,” says the Lord God of hosts.
“Surely for this iniquity there bwill be no atonement for you,
Even to your death,” says the Lord God of hosts.
The Judgment on Shebna
15 Thus says the Lord God of hosts:
“Go, proceed to this steward,
To aShebna, who is over the house, and say:
“Go, proceed to this steward,
To aShebna, who is over the house, and say:
16 ‘What have you here, and whom have you here,
That you have hewn a sepulcher here,
As he awho hews himself a sepulcher on high,
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
That you have hewn a sepulcher here,
As he awho hews himself a sepulcher on high,
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
18 He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball
Into a large country;
There you shall die, and there ayour glorious chariots
Shall be the shame of your master’s house.
Into a large country;
There you shall die, and there ayour glorious chariots
Shall be the shame of your master’s house.
21 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.
22 The key of the house of David
I will lay on his ashoulder;
So he shall bopen, and no one shall shut;
And he shall shut, and no one shall open.
I will lay on his ashoulder;
So he shall bopen, and no one shall shut;
And he shall shut, and no one shall open.
23 I will fasten him as aa 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.
24 ‘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.
25 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.’ ”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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