22:1 The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,
22:1 The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,
22:2 you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle.
22:2 you that are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain by the sword, nor are they dead in battle.
22:3 All your rulers have fled together, without the bow they were captured. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.
22:3 Your rulers have all fled together; they were captured without the use of a bow. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.
22:4 Therefore I said: "Look away from me, let me weep bitter tears; do not labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people."
22:4 Therefore I said: Look away from me, let me weep bitter tears; do not try to comfort me for the destruction of my beloved people.
22:5 For the Lord GOD of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the valley of vision, a battering down of walls and a shouting to the mountains.
22:5 For the Lord GOD of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the valley of vision, a battering down of walls and a cry for help to the mountains.
22:6 And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
22:6 Elam bore the quiver with chariots and cavalry, and Kir uncovered the shield.
22:7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.
22:7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the cavalry took their stand at the gates.
22:8 He has taken away the covering of Judah. In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,
22:8 He has taken away the covering of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,
22:9 and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many, and you collected the waters of the lower pool,
22:9 and you saw that there were many breaches in the city of David, and you collected the waters of the lower pool.
22:10 and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
22:10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
22:11 You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or have regard for him who planned it long ago.
22:11 You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or have regard for him who planned it long ago.
22:12 In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and girding with sackcloth;
22:12 In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth;
22:13 and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
22:13 but instead there was joy and festivity, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
22:14 The LORD of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: "Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you till you die," says the Lord GOD of hosts.
22:14 The LORD of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die, says the Lord GOD of hosts.
22:15 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:
22:15 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is master of the household, and say to him:
22:16 What have you to do here and whom have you here, that you have hewn here a tomb for yourself, you who hew a tomb on the height, and carve a habitation for yourself in the rock?
22:16 What right do you have here? Who are your relatives here, that you have cut out a tomb here for yourself, cutting a tomb on the height, and carving a habitation for yourself in the rock?
22:17 Behold, the LORD will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. He will seize firm hold on you,
22:17 The LORD is about to hurl you away violently, my fellow. He will seize firm hold on you,
22:18 and whirl you round and round, and throw you like a ball into a wide land; there you shall die, and there shall be your splendid chariots, you shame of your master's house.
22:18 whirl you round and round, and throw you like a ball into a wide land; there you shall die, and there your splendid chariots shall lie, O you disgrace to your master's house!
22:19 I will thrust you from your office, and you will be cast down from your station.
22:19 I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your post.
22:20 In that day I will call my servant Eli'akim the son of Hilki'ah,
22:20 On that day I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah,
22:21 and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your girdle on him, and will commit your authority to his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22:21 and will clothe him with your robe and bind your sash on him. I will commit your authority to his hand, and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22:22 And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
22:22 I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and no one shall shut; he shall shut, and no one shall open.
22:23 And I will fasten him like a peg in a sure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father's house.
22:23 I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his ancestral house.
22:24 And they will hang on him the whole weight of his father's house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.
22:24 And they will hang on him the whole weight of his ancestral house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.
22:25 In that day, says the LORD of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a sure place will give way; and it will be cut down and fall, and the burden that was upon it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken."
22:25 On that day, says the LORD of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way; it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will perish, for the LORD has spoken.
22:1 The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,
22:2 you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle.
22:2 you that are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain by the sword, nor are they dead in battle.
22:3 All your rulers have fled together, without the bow they were captured. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.
22:3 Your rulers have all fled together; they were captured without the use of a bow. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.
22:4 Therefore I said: "Look away from me, let me weep bitter tears; do not labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people."
22:4 Therefore I said: Look away from me, let me weep bitter tears; do not try to comfort me for the destruction of my beloved people.
22:5 For the Lord GOD of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the valley of vision, a battering down of walls and a shouting to the mountains.
22:5 For the Lord GOD of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the valley of vision, a battering down of walls and a cry for help to the mountains.
22:6 And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
22:6 Elam bore the quiver with chariots and cavalry, and Kir uncovered the shield.
22:7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.
22:7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the cavalry took their stand at the gates.
22:8 He has taken away the covering of Judah. In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,
22:8 He has taken away the covering of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,
22:9 and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many, and you collected the waters of the lower pool,
22:9 and you saw that there were many breaches in the city of David, and you collected the waters of the lower pool.
22:10 and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
22:10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
22:11 You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or have regard for him who planned it long ago.
22:11 You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or have regard for him who planned it long ago.
22:12 In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and girding with sackcloth;
22:12 In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth;
22:13 and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
22:13 but instead there was joy and festivity, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
22:14 The LORD of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: "Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you till you die," says the Lord GOD of hosts.
22:14 The LORD of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die, says the Lord GOD of hosts.
22:15 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:
22:15 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is master of the household, and say to him:
22:16 What have you to do here and whom have you here, that you have hewn here a tomb for yourself, you who hew a tomb on the height, and carve a habitation for yourself in the rock?
22:16 What right do you have here? Who are your relatives here, that you have cut out a tomb here for yourself, cutting a tomb on the height, and carving a habitation for yourself in the rock?
22:17 Behold, the LORD will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. He will seize firm hold on you,
22:17 The LORD is about to hurl you away violently, my fellow. He will seize firm hold on you,
22:18 and whirl you round and round, and throw you like a ball into a wide land; there you shall die, and there shall be your splendid chariots, you shame of your master's house.
22:18 whirl you round and round, and throw you like a ball into a wide land; there you shall die, and there your splendid chariots shall lie, O you disgrace to your master's house!
22:19 I will thrust you from your office, and you will be cast down from your station.
22:19 I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your post.
22:20 In that day I will call my servant Eli'akim the son of Hilki'ah,
22:20 On that day I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah,
22:21 and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your girdle on him, and will commit your authority to his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22:21 and will clothe him with your robe and bind your sash on him. I will commit your authority to his hand, and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22:22 And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
22:22 I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and no one shall shut; he shall shut, and no one shall open.
22:23 And I will fasten him like a peg in a sure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father's house.
22:23 I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his ancestral house.
22:24 And they will hang on him the whole weight of his father's house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.
22:24 And they will hang on him the whole weight of his ancestral house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.
22:25 In that day, says the LORD of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a sure place will give way; and it will be cut down and fall, and the burden that was upon it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken."
22:25 On that day, says the LORD of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way; it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will perish, for the LORD has spoken.