The Valley of Vision 1 DBY The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? BSB BSB: This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,
2 DBY Thou that wast full of stir, a town of tumult, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. BSB BSB: O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
3 DBY All thy rulers have fled together, they are taken prisoners without the bow: all that are found of thee are made prisoners together; they were fleeing far off. BSB BSB: All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.
4 DBY Therefore said I, Look away from me; let me weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. BSB BSB: Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
5 DBY For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; a day of breaking down the wall, and of crying to the mountain: BSB BSB: For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
6 DBY — Elam beareth the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovereth the shield. BSB BSB: Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
7 DBY And it shall come to pass that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. BSB BSB: Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.
8 DBY And he uncovereth the covering of Judah: and thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest; BSB BSB: He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
9 DBY and ye have seen the breaches of the city of David, that they are many; and ye have gathered together the waters of the lower pool; BSB BSB: You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
11 DBY and ye have made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not had regard unto the maker thereof, neither have ye looked unto him that fashioned it long ago. BSB BSB: You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.
12 DBY And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth; BSB BSB: On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
13 DBY and behold joy and rejoicing, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: — Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. BSB BSB: But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14 DBY And it was revealed in mine ears by Jehovah of hosts: Assuredly this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. BSB BSB: The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.
A Message for Shebna 16 DBY What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewn thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth out his sepulchre on high, cutting out in the rock a habitation for himself? BSB BSB: What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
17 DBY Behold, Jehovah will hurl thee with the force of a mighty man, and will cover thee entirely. BSB BSB: Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,
18 DBY Rolling thee up completely, he will roll thee as a ball into a wide country: there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, O shame of thy lord's house! BSB BSB: roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.
19 DBY And I will drive thee from thine office, and from thy station will I pull thee down. BSB BSB: I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.
20 DBY And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkijah; BSB BSB: On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
21 DBY 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. BSB BSB: I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22 DBY 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. BSB BSB: I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
23 DBY 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: BSB BSB: I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.
24 DBY and they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all the small vessels, as well the vessels of cups as all the vessels of flagons. BSB BSB: So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.
25 DBY In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in a sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for Jehovah hath spoken. BSB BSB: In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
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