| New King James Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops, | 1A pronouncement concerning the Valley of Vision: What's the matter with you? Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops? |
| 2You who are full of noise, A tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle. | 2The noisy city, the jubilant town, is filled with celebration. Your dead did not die by the sword; they were not killed in battle. |
| 3All your rulers have fled together; They are captured by the archers. All who are found in you are bound together; They have fled from afar. | 3All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together; they had fled far away. |
| 4Therefore I said, “Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering 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 treading down and perplexity By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision— Breaking down the walls And of crying to the mountain. | 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; |
| 6Elam bore 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. |
| 7It shall come to pass that your 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 city gates. |
| 8He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day to the armor 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. |
| 9You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was great; And you 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. |
| 10You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And the houses you broke down To fortify the wall. | 10You counted the houses of Jerusalem so that you could tear them down to fortify the wall. |
| 11You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago. | 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. |
| 12And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth. | 12On that day the Lord GOD of Armies called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth. |
| 13But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!” | 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!" |
| 14Then it was revealed in my hearing by the LORD of hosts, “Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you, Even to your death,” says the Lord GOD of hosts. | 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. |
| 15Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: “Go, proceed to this steward, To Shebna, who is over the house, and say: | 15The Lord GOD of Armies said: "Go to Shebna, that steward who is in charge of the palace, and say to him: |
| 16‘What have you here, and whom have you here, That you have hewn a sepulcher here, As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high, Who carves a tomb 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 resting place for yourself out of rock? |
| 17Indeed, the LORD will throw you away violently, O mighty man, And will surely seize you. | 17Look, you strong man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you, |
| 18He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball Into a large country; There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots Shall be the shame of your master’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. |
| 19So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position he will pull you down. | 19I will remove you from your office; you will be ousted from your position. |
| 20‘Then it shall be in that day, That I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah; | 20"On that day I will call for my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. |
| 21I will clothe him with your robe And strengthen him with your belt; I will commit your responsibility into his hand. 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 hand your authority over to him, and he will be like a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. |
| 22The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; So he shall open, and no one shall shut; And he shall shut, and no one 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. |
| 23I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place, And he will become 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 family. |
| 24‘They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers. | 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. |
| 25In that day,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the LORD has spoken.’ ” | 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. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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