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.
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.”
5aFor itis 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.
6aElam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen, And bKir uncovered the shield.
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.
8aHe removed the1 protection of Judah. You looked in that day to the armor bof the House of the Forest;
9aYou also saw the1 damage to the city of David, That it was great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And the houses you broke down To fortify the wall.
11aYou 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.
12 And in that day the Lord God of hosts 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!”
14aThen 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.
The Judgment on Shebna
15 Thus says the Lord God of hosts: “Go, proceed to this steward, To aShebna, who is over the house, andsay:
Treading down - In which my people are trodden under foot by their enemies. By the Lord - Not only men, but God himself fought against them. Walls - Of the strong cities of Judah. Mountains - With such loud and dismal outcries as should reach to the neighbouring mountains.
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