| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1A prophecy against the Valley of Vision: What troubles you now, that you have all gone up on the roofs, | 1This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops, |
| 2you town so full of commotion, you city of tumult and revelry? Your slain were not killed by the sword, nor did they die in battle. | 2O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle. |
| 3All your leaders have fled together; they have been captured without using the bow. All you who were caught were taken prisoner together, having fled while the enemy was still far away. | 3All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place. |
| 4Therefore I said, "Turn away from me; let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people." | 4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.” |
| 5The Lord, the LORD Almighty, has a day of tumult and trampling and terror in the Valley of Vision, a day of battering down walls and of crying out to the mountains. | 5For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains. |
| 6Elam takes up the quiver, with her charioteers and horses; Kir uncovers the shield. | 6Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield. |
| 7Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the city gates. | 7Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates. |
| 8The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah, and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest. | 8He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest. |
| 9You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places; you stored up water in 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. |
| 10You counted the buildings in Jerusalem and tore down houses to strengthen the wall. | 10You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall. |
| 11You built a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the Old Pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or have regard for the One who planned it long ago. | 11You built 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 Him who planned it long ago. |
| 12The Lord, the LORD Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth. | 12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. |
| 13But see, there is joy and revelry, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine! "Let us eat and drink," you say, "for tomorrow we die!" | 13But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!” |
| 14The LORD Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: "Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for," says the Lord, the LORD Almighty. | 14The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts. |
| 15This is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says: "Go, say to this steward, to Shebna the palace administrator: | 15This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace: |
| 16What are you doing here and who gave you permission to cut out a grave for yourself here, hewing your grave on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock? | 16What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock? |
| 17"Beware, the LORD is about to take firm hold of you and hurl you away, you mighty man. | 17Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you, |
| 18He will roll you up tightly like a ball and throw you into a large country. There you will die and there the chariots you were so proud of will become a disgrace to your master's house. | 18roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master. |
| 19I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position. | 19I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position. |
| 20"In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. | 20On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. |
| 21I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. | 21I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. |
| 22I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. | 22I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. |
| 23I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat of honor for the house of his father. | 23I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father. |
| 24All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots--all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars. | 24So they will hang on him the whole burden of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar. |
| 25"In that day," declares the LORD Almighty, "the peg driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down." The LORD has spoken. | 25In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken. |
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