Dual Panel1Here is a message <04853> about the Valley <01516> of Vision <02384>: What <04100> is the reason <0645> that <03588> all <03605> of you go up <05927> to the rooftops <01406>?
2The noisy <08663> city <05892> is full <04395> of raucous sounds <01993>; the town <07151> is filled with revelry <05947>. Your slain <02491> were not <03808> cut down <02491> by the sword <02719>; they did not <03808> die <04191> in battle <04421>.
3All <03605> your leaders <07101> ran away <05074> together <03162>– they fled <01272> to a distant <07350> place; all <03605> your refugees were captured <0631> together <03162>– they were captured <0631> without a single arrow <07198> being shot.
4So <03651> <05921> I say <0559>: “Don’t look <08159> at <04480> me! I am weeping <01065> bitterly <04843>. Don’t <0408> try <0213> to console <05162> me concerning <05921> the destruction <07701> of my defenseless <01323> people <05971>.”
5For <03588> the sovereign master <0136>, the Lord <03069> who commands armies <06635>, has planned a day <03117> of panic <04103>, defeat <04001>, and confusion <03998>. In the Valley <01516> of Vision <02384> people shout and cry out <07771> to <0413> the hill <02022>.
6The Elamites <05867> picked up <05375> the quiver <0827>, and came with chariots <07393> and horsemen <06571>; the men <0120> of Kir <07024> prepared <06168> the shield <04043>.
7Your very best <04005> valleys <06010> were <01961> full <04390> of chariots <07393>; horsemen <06571> confidently took <07896> <07896> their positions <07896> <07896> at the gate <08179>.
8They removed <01540> the defenses <04539> of Judah <03063>. At that <01931> time <03117> you looked <05027> for <0413> the weapons <05402> in the House <01004> of the Forest <03293>.
9You saw <07200> the many <07235> breaks <01233> in the walls of the city <05892> of David <01732>; you stored up <06908> water <04325> in the lower <08481> pool <01295>.
10You counted <05608> the houses <01004> in Jerusalem <03389>, and demolished <05422> houses <01004> so you could have material to reinforce <01219> the wall <02346>.
11You made <06213> a reservoir <04724> between <0996> the two walls <02346> for the water <04325> of the old <03465> pool <01295>– but you did not <03808> trust <05027> in <0413> the one who made <06213> it; you did not <03808> depend on <07200> the one who formed <03335> it long ago <07350>!
12At that <01931> time <03117> the sovereign master <0136>, the Lord <03069> who commands armies <06635>, called <07121> for weeping <01065> and mourning <04553>, for shaved heads <07144> and sackcloth <08242>.
13But look <02009>, there is outright celebration <08057> <08342>! You say, “Kill <02026> the ox <01241> and slaughter <07819> the sheep <06629>, eat <0398> meat <01320> and drink <08354> wine <03196>. Eat <0398> and drink <08354>, for <03588> tomorrow <04279> we die <04191>!”
14The Lord <03069> who commands armies <06635> told <01540> me this: “Certainly <0518> this <02088> sin <05771> will not be forgiven <03722> as long as <05704> you live <04191>,” says <0559> the sovereign master <0136>, the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635>.
15This is what <03541> the sovereign <0136> master, the Lord <03069> who commands armies <06635>, says <0559>: “Go <01980> visit <0935> this <02088> administrator <05532>, Shebna <07644>, who <0834> supervises <05921> the palace <01004>, and tell him:
16‘What <04100> right do you have to be here <06311>? What <04310> relatives do you have buried here <06311>? Why <03588> do you chisel out <02672> a tomb for yourself here <06311>? He chisels <02672> out his burial site <06913> in an elevated <04791> place <04908>, he carves <02710> out his tomb <06913> on a cliff <05553>.
17Look <02009>, the Lord <03068> will throw <02904> you far away <02925>, you mere man <01397>! He will wrap <05844> <05844> you up <05844> <05844> tightly.
18He will wind <06801> <06801> you up tightly <06801> <06801> into a ball <01754> and throw <06802> you into <0413> a wide <07342>, open land <0776>. There <08033> you will die <04191>, and there <08033> with you will be your impressive <03519> chariots <04818>, which bring disgrace <07036> to the house <01004> of your master <0113>.
19I will remove <01920> you from your office <04673>; you will be thrown down <02040> from your position <04612>.
20“At that time <03117> I will summon <07121> my servant <05650> Eliakim <0471>, son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>.
21I will put <03847> your robe <03801> on him, tie <02388> your belt <073> around him, and transfer <05414> your authority <04475> to him <03027>. He will become <01961> a protector <01> of the residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> and of the people <01004> of Judah <03063>.
22I will place <05414> the key <04668> to the house <01004> of David <01732> on <05921> his shoulder <07926>. When he opens <06605> the door, no one <0369> can close <05462> it; when he closes <05462> the door, no one <0369> can open <06605> it.
23I will fasten <08628> him like a peg <03489> into a solid <0539> place <04725>; he will <01961> bring honor <03678> and respect <03519> to his father’s <01> family <01004>.
24His father’s <01> family <01004> will gain increasing prominence <03519> because of him, including the offspring <06631> and the offshoots <06849>. All <03605> the small <06996> containers <03627> <03627>, including the bowls <0101> and all <03605> the jars <03627> will hang from this peg <05035>.’
25“At that <01931> time <03117>,” says <05002> the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635>, “the peg <03489> fastened <08628> into a solid <0539> place <04725> will come loose. It will be cut off <01438> and fall <05307>, and the load <04853> hanging on <05921> it will be cut off <03772>.” Indeed <03588>, the Lord <03068> has spoken <01696>.