A Pronouncement against Jerusalem
What’s the matter with you?
Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?22:1 Is 15:3
is filled with celebration.
Your dead did not die by the sword;
they were not killed in battle.
3All your rulers have fled together,
captured without a bow.
All your fugitives were captured together;
they had fled far away.
4Therefore I said,
Do not try to comfort me
about the destruction of my dear22:4 Lit of the daughter of my people.”
5For the Lord God of Armies
in the Valley of Vision —
people shouting22:5 Or Vision — a tearing down of a wall, or Vision — Kir raged; Hb obscure and crying to the mountains;
6Elam took up a quiver
with chariots and horsemen,22:6 Lit chariots of man
7Your best valleys were full of chariots,
and horsemen were positioned at the city gates.
8He removed the defenses of Judah.
On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.22:8 1Kg 7:2; 10:17
9You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the city of David.22:9 Lk 2:4 You collected water from the lower pool.22:9 2Kg 20:20; Neh 3:16
10You counted the houses of Jerusalem so that you could tear them down to fortify the wall.
11You made a reservoir between the walls22:11 2Kg 25:4; Jr 39:4 for the water of the ancient pool,22:11 2Kg 20:20; 2Ch 32:3–4 but you did not look to the one who made it, or consider the one who created it long ago.
12On that day the Lord God of Armies
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
13But look: joy and gladness,
butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep and goats,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine —
“This iniquity will not be wiped out for you people as long as you live.”22:14 Lit for you until you die22:14 1Sm 3:14; Ezk 24:13
The Lord God of Armies has spoken.
A Pronouncement against Shebna
15The Lord God of Armies said, “Go to Shebna,22:15 2Kg 18:18,26,37; Is 36:3,11,22; 37:2 that steward who is in charge of the palace, and say to him:
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?22:16 2Sm 18:18; 2Ch 16:14; Mt 27:60
17Look, you strong man! The Lord is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,
18wind you up into a ball, and sling you into a wide land.22:17–18 Hb obscure There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will be — a disgrace to the house of your lord.
19I will remove you from your office; you will be ousted from your position.
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.22:21 Gn 45:8; Jb 29:16
22I will place the key22:22 Mt 16:19; Rv 3:7 of the house of David on his shoulder; what he opens, no one can close; what he closes, no one can open.22:22 Jb 12:14
23I will drive him, like a peg, into a firm place. He will be a throne of honor for his father’s family.
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.
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.
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