| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? | 1An oracle against the Valley of Vision: What's the matter with you? Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops? |
| 2Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. | 2The noisy city, the jubilant town, is filled with revelry. Your dead did not die by the sword; they were not killed in battle. |
| 3All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far. | 3All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together; they had fled far away. |
| 4Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. | 4Therefore I said," Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly! Do not try to comfort me about the destruction of my dear people." |
| 5For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. | 5For the Lord GOD of Hosts had a day of tumult, trampling, and confusion in the Valley of Vision-- people shouting and crying to the mountains; |
| 6And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. | 6Elam took up a quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. |
| 7And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. | 7Your best valleys were full of chariots, and horsemen were positioned at the gates. |
| 8And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. | 8He removed the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest. |
| 9Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. | 9You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the city of David. You collected water from the lower pool. |
| 10And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. | 10You counted the houses of Jerusalem so that you could tear them down to fortify the wall. |
| 11Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. | 11You 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. |
| 12And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: | 12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth. |
| 13And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die. | 13But 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!" |
| 14And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. | 14The LORD of Hosts has directly revealed to me:" This sin of yours will never be wiped out." The Lord GOD of Hosts has spoken. |
| 15Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, | 15The Lord GOD of Hosts said: "Go to Shebna, that steward who is in charge of the palace, and say to him: |
| 16What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? | 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 crypt for yourself out of rock? |
| 17Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. | 17Look, you strong man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you, |
| 18He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. | 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. |
| 19And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. | 19I will remove you from your office; you will be ousted from your position." |
| 20And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: | 20On that day I will call for my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. |
| 21And 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. | 21I 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. |
| 22And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. | 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. |
| 23And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. | 23I will drive him, like a peg, into a firm place. He will be a throne of honor for his father's house. |
| 24And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. | 24They 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. |
| 25In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it. | 25On 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. |
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