| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? | 1A message concerning the Valley of Vision. "What troubles you, now that you've all 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. | 2you who are full of commotion, you passionate city, you rollicking town? Your slain weren't killed by the sword, nor are they dead 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 leaders have fled together; she is captured without using bows. All of you who were caught were captured together, although they had fled while the enemy was still 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; and let me weep bitter tears; don't try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my 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 to the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies belongs the day of tumult, trampling, and confusion in the Valley of Vision, and the pulling down of his Temple on its mountain. |
| 6And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. | 6Elam takes up the quiver with chariots and cavalry, while Kir unsheathes 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. | 7And it will come about that your choicest valleys will be filled with chariots, and horsemen will take their positions 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 has uncovered the defenses of Judah." At that time, you looked at the arsenal of the Palace 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. | 9and saw that there were many breaches in the City of David. So you stored up water from the Lower Pool, |
| 10And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. | 10counted the houses of Jerusalem, tore down certain houses to strengthen 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. | 11and built a reservoir between the walls to store water from the Old Pool. But you did not look at the One who did it, nor did you see the One who planned 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 the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing 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! There is joy and festivity, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, you say, because we die tomorrow." |
| 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. | 14"Nevertheless, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has revealed himself to my hearing: '"Surely because of you this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,' says the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies." |
| 15Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, | 15This is what the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna who is in charge of the household, and ask 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, and who are your relatives here that you could carve out a grave for yourself here—cutting out a tomb at the choicest location, chiseling out a resting place for yourself out of solid rock? |
| 17Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. | 17Look Out! The LORD is about to hurl you away violently, my strong fellow! He will fold you up completely, |
| 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. | 18rolling you up tightly like a ball and throwing you into a large country. There you will die, and there your splendid chariots will lie. You're a disgrace to your master's house! |
| 19And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. | 19I will depose you from your office, ousting you from your position. |
| 20And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: | 20"At that time, I'll call for my servant, Hilkiah's son Eliakim, |
| 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. | 21and I'll clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him. I'll transfer your authority to him, and he'll be a father to those who live in 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. | 22"I'll place on his shoulder the key to the house of David—what he opens, no one will shut, and what he shuts, no one will 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'll set him like a peg into a secure place; he will become a throne of honor to 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. | 24The entire reputation of his father's house will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its smaller vessels, from the cups to all the jars. |
| 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. | 25At that time," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "the peg that was driven into a secure place will give way; it will be sheared and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down." The LORD has spoken. |
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