| Christian Standard Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1A pronouncement concerning the Valley of Vision: What's the matter with you? Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops? | 1The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops? |
| 2The noisy city, the jubilant town, is filled with celebration. Your dead did not die by the sword; they were not killed in battle. | 2You who were full of noise, You boisterous town, you exultant city; Your slain were not slain with the sword, Nor did they die in battle. |
| 3All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together; they had fled far away. | 3All your rulers have fled together, And have been captured without the bow; All of you who were found were taken captive together, Though they had fled far away. |
| 4Therefore I said, "Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly! Do not try to comfort me about the destruction of my dear people." | 4Therefore I say, "Turn your eyes away from me, Let me weep bitterly, Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people." |
| 5For the Lord GOD of Armies had a day of tumult, trampling, and confusion in the Valley of Vision--people shouting and crying to the mountains; | 5For the Lord GOD of hosts has a day of panic, subjugation and confusion In the valley of vision, A breaking down of walls And a crying to the mountain. |
| 6Elam took up a quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. | 6Elam took up the quiver With the chariots, infantry and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield. |
| 7Your best valleys were full of chariots, and horsemen were positioned at the city gates. | 7Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate. |
| 8He removed the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest. | 8And He removed the defense of Judah. In that day you depended on the weapons of the house of the forest, |
| 9You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the city of David. You collected water from the lower pool. | 9And you saw that the breaches In the wall of the city of David were many; And you collected the waters of the lower pool. |
| 10You counted the houses of Jerusalem so that you could tear them down to fortify the wall. | 10Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem And tore down houses to fortify the wall. |
| 11You made a reservoir between the walls for the water of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the one who made it, or consider the one who created it long ago. | 11And you made a reservoir between the two walls For the waters of the old pool. But you did not depend on Him who made it, Nor did you take into consideration Him who planned it long ago. |
| 12On that day the Lord GOD of Armies called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth. | 12Therefore in that day the Lord GOD of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth. |
| 13But look: joy and gladness, butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep and goats, eating of meat, and drinking of wine--"Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!" | 13Instead, there is gaiety and gladness, Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, Eating of meat and drinking of wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die." |
| 14The LORD of Armies has directly revealed to me: "This iniquity will not be wiped out for you people as long as you live." The Lord GOD of Armies has spoken. | 14But the LORD of hosts revealed Himself to me, "Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you Until you die," says the Lord GOD of hosts. |
| 15The Lord GOD of Armies said: "Go to Shebna, that steward who is in charge of the palace, and say to him: | 15Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household, |
| 16What are you doing here? Who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here, carving your tomb on the height and cutting a resting place for yourself out of rock? | 16'What right do you have here, And whom do you have here, That you have hewn a tomb for yourself here, You who hew a tomb on the height, You who carve a resting place for yourself in the rock? |
| 17Look, you strong man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you, | 17'Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you headlong, O man. And He is about to grasp you firmly |
| 18wind 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. | 18And roll you tightly like a ball, To be cast into a vast country; There you will die And there your splendid chariots will be, You shame of your master's house.' |
| 19I will remove you from your office; you will be ousted from your position. | 19"I will depose you from your office, And I will pull you down from your station. |
| 20"On that day I will call for my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. | 20"Then it will come about in that day, That I will summon My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, |
| 21I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will hand your authority over to him, and he will be like a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. | 21And I will clothe him with your tunic And tie your sash securely about him. I will entrust him with your authority, And he will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. |
| 22I 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. | 22"Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder, When he opens no one will shut, When he shuts no one will open. |
| 23I will drive him, like a peg, into a firm place. He will be a throne of honor for his father's family. | 23"I will drive him like a peg in a firm place, And he will become a throne of glory to his father's house. |
| 24They will hang on him all the glory of his father's family: the descendants and the offshoots--all the small vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar. | 24"So they will hang on him all the glory of his father's house, offspring and issue, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars. |
| 25On that day"--the declaration of the LORD of Armies--"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. | 25"In that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "the peg driven in a firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken." |
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