22An oracle against the Valley of Vision: What's the matter with you? Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?H4853H1516H2384H645H5927H14062The noisy city, the jubilant town, is filled with revelry. Your dead did not die by the sword; they were not killed in battle.H4392H8663H1993H5892H5947H7151H2491H2491H2719H4191H44213All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together; they had fled far away.H7101H5074H3162H631H7198H4672H631H3162H1272H73504Therefore I said, "Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly! Do not try to comfort me about the destruction of my dear people."H559H8159H1065H4843H213H5162H7701H1323H59715For the Lord God of Hosts had a day of tumult, trampling, and bewilderment in the Valley of Vision— people shouting and crying to the mountains;H3117H4103H4001H3998H136H3069H6635H1516H2384H6979H7023H7771H20226Elam took up a quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.H5867H5375H827H7393H120H6571H7024H6168H40437Your best valleys were full of chariots, and horsemen were positioned at the gates.H4005H6010H4390H7393H6571H7896H7896H81798He removed the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.H1540H4539H3063H5027H3117H5402H1004H32939You saw that there were many breaches in [the walls of] the city of David. You collected water from the lower pool.H7200H1233H5892H1732H7231H6908H4325H8481H129510You counted the houses of Jerusalem so that you could tear them down to fortify the wall.H5608H1004H3389H1004H5422H1219H234611You made a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider the One who created it long ago.H6213H4724H2346H4325H3465H1295H5027H6213H7200H3335H735012On that day the Lord God of Hosts called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth.H3117H136H3069H6635H7121H1065H4553H7144H2296H824213But look: joy and gladness, butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat, and drinking of wine— "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"H8342H8057H2026H1241H7819H6629H398H1320H8354H3196H398H8354H4279H419114The LORD of Hosts has revealed [this] in my hearing: "This sin of yours will never be wiped out." The Lord God of Hosts has spoken.H1540H241H3068H6635H5771H3722H4191H559H136H3069H6635
An Oracle against Shebna
15The Lord God of Hosts said: "Go to Shebna, that steward who is in charge of the palace, [and say to him:]H559H136H3069H6635H3212H935H5532H7644H100416What are you doing here? Who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here, carving your tomb on the height and cutting a crypt for yourself out of rock?H2672H6913H6311H2672H6913H4791H2710H4908H555317Look, young man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,H3068H2904H1397H2925H5844H584418wind you up into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will be— a disgrace to the house of your lord.H6801H6801H6802H1754H7342H3027H776H4191H4818H3519H7036H113H100419I will remove you from your office; you will be ousted from your position.H1920H4673H4612H204020"On that day I will call for my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.H3117H7121H5650H471H1121H251821I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority into his hand, and he will be like a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the House of Judah.H3847H3801H2388H73H5414H4475H3027H1H3427H3389H1004H306322I will place the key of the House of David on his shoulder; what he opens, no one can close; what he closes, no one can open.H4668H1004H1732H5414H7926H6605H5462H5462H660523I will drive him, like a peg, into a firm place. He will be a throne of honor for his father's house.H8628H3489H539H4725H3519H3678H1H100424They will hang on him the whole burden of his father's house: the descendants and the offshoots— all the small vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.H8518H3519H1H1004H6631H6849H3627H6996H3627H101H3627H503525On that day"— the declaration of the LORD of Hosts— "the peg that was driven into a firm place will give way, be cut off, and fall, and the load on it will be destroyed." Indeed, the LORD has spoken.H3117H5002H3068H6635H3489H8628H539H4725H4185H1438H5307H4853H3772H3068H1696