22This is a message about the Valley of Vision. What is happening? Why are all the people of the city celebrating on the roofs of the houses?H4853H1516H2384H645H5927H14062The whole city is in an uproar, filled with noise and excitement. Your people who died in this war did not die fighting.H4392H8663H1993H5892H5947H7151H2491H2491H2719H4191H44213All your leaders ran away and were captured before they shot a single arrow.H7101H5074H3162H631H7198H4672H631H3162H1272H73504Now leave me alone to weep bitterly over all those of my people who have died. Don't try to comfort me.H559H8159H1065H4843H213H5162H7701H1323H59715This is a time of panic, defeat, and confusion in the Valley of Vision, and the Sovereign LORD Almighty has sent it on us. The walls of our city have been battered down, and cries for help have echoed among the hills.H3117H4103H4001H3998H136H3069H6635H1516H2384H6979H7023H7771H20226The soldiers from the land of Elam came riding on horseback, armed with bows and arrows. Soldiers from the land of Kir had their shields ready.H5867H5375H827H7393H120H6571H7024H6168H40437The fertile valleys of Judah were filled with chariots; soldiers on horseback stood in front of Jerusalem's gates.H4005H6010H4390H7393H6571H7896H7896H81798All of Judah's defenses crumbled. When that happened, you brought weapons out of the arsenal.H1540H4539H3063H5027H3117H5402H1004H32939You found the places where the walls of Jerusalem needed repair.H7200H1233H5892H1732H7231H6908H4325H8481H129510You inspected all the houses in Jerusalem and tore some of them down to get stones to repair the city walls. In order to store water,H5608H1004H3389H1004H5422H1219H234611you built a reservoir inside the city to hold the water flowing down from the old pool. But you paid no attention to God, who planned all this long ago and who caused it to happen.H6213H4724H2346H4325H3465H1295H5027H6213H7200H3335H735012The Sovereign LORD Almighty was calling you then to weep and mourn, to shave your heads and wear sackcloth.H3117H136H3069H6635H7121H1065H4553H7144H2296H824213Instead, you laughed and celebrated. You killed sheep and cattle to eat, and you drank wine. You said, "We might as well eat and drink! Tomorrow we'll be dead."H8342H8057H2026H1241H7819H6629H398H1320H8354H3196H398H8354H4279H419114The Sovereign LORD Almighty himself spoke to me and said, "This evil will never be forgiven them as long as they live. I, the Sovereign LORD Almighty, have spoken."H1540H241H3068H6635H5771H3722H4191H559H136H3069H6635
A Warning to Shebna
15The Sovereign LORD Almighty told me to go to Shebna, the manager of the royal household, and say to him,H559H136H3069H6635H3212H935H5532H7644H100416"Who do you think you are? What right do you have to carve a tomb for yourself out of the rocky hillside?H2672H6913H6311H2672H6913H4791H2710H4908H555317You may be important, but the LORD will pick you up and throw you away.H3068H2904H1397H2925H5844H584418He will pick you up like a ball and throw you into a much larger country. You will die there beside the chariots you were so proud of. You are a disgrace to your master's household.H6801H6801H6802H1754H7342H3027H776H4191H4818H3519H7036H113H100419The LORD will remove you from office and bring you down from your high position."H1920H4673H4612H204020The LORD said to Shebna, "When that happens, I will send for my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.H3117H7121H5650H471H1121H251821I will put your official robe and belt on him and give him all the authority you have had. He will be like a father to the people of Jerusalem and Judah.H3847H3801H2388H73H5414H4475H3027H1H3427H3389H1004H306322I will give him complete authority under the king, the descendant of David. He will have the keys of office; what he opens, no one will shut, and what he shuts, no one will open.H4668H1004H1732H5414H7926H6605H5462H5462H660523I will fasten him firmly in place like a peg, and he will be a source of honor to his whole family.H8628H3489H539H4725H3519H3678H1H100424"But all his relatives and dependents will become a burden to him. They will hang on him like pots and bowls hanging from a peg!H8518H3519H1H1004H6631H6849H3627H6996H3627H101H3627H503525When that happens, the peg that was firmly fastened will pull loose and fall. And that will be the end of everything that was hanging on it." The LORD has spoken.H3117H5002H3068H6635H3489H8628H539H4725H4185H1438H5307H4853H3772H3068H1696