22 The ^[a]burden of the valley of vision.

What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? ² O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle. ³ All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound ^[b]by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; ^[c]they fled afar off. ⁴ Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; ^[d]labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

⁵ For it is a day of discomfiture, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the ^[e]mountains. ⁶ And Elam bare the quiver, with ^[f]chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield. ⁷ And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate. ⁸ And he took away the covering of Judah; and thou didst look in that day to the armor in the house of the forest. ⁹ And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool; ¹⁰ and ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye brake down the houses to fortify the wall; ¹¹ ye made also a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But ye looked not unto ^[g]him that had done this, neither had ye respect unto him that purposed it long ago.

¹² And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: ¹³ and, 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. ¹⁴ And Jehovah of hosts revealed himself in mine ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be ^[h]forgiven you till ye die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

¹⁵ Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Go, get thee unto this ^[i]treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is over the house, and say, ¹⁶ What doest thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock! ¹⁷ Behold, Jehovah, ^[j]like a strong man, will hurl thee away violently; yea, he will ^[k]wrap thee up closely. ¹⁸ He will surely wind thee round and round, and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of thy lord’s house. ¹⁹ And I will thrust thee from thine office; and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down. ²⁰ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: ²¹ and 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. ²² And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. ²³ And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father’s house. ²⁴ And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the flagons. ²⁵ In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for Jehovah hath spoken it.