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| 1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? |
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| 2 O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle. |
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| 3 All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off. |
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| 4 Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people. |
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| 5 For it is a day of discomfiture, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains. |
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| 6 And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield. |
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| 7 And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate. |
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| 8 And he took away the covering of Judah; and thou didst look in that day to the armor in the house of the forest. |
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| 9 And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. |
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| 10 And ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye brake down the houses to fortify the wall. |
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| 11 Ye made also a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye looked not unto him that had done this, neither had ye respect unto him that purposed it long ago. |
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| 12 And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: |
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| 13 and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die. |
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| 14 And Jehovah of hosts revealed himself in mine ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till ye die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. |
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| 15 Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is over the house, and say, |
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| 16 What doest thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock! |
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| 17 Behold, Jehovah, like a strong man, will hurl thee away violently; yes, he will lay fast hold on thee. |
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| 18 He will surely wind thee round and round, and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of thy lord's house. |
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| 19 And I will thrust thee from thine office; and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down. |
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| 20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: |
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| 21 and I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. |
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| 22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. |
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| 23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father's house. |
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| 24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the flagons. |
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| 25 In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for Jehovah hath spoken it. |
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