1 GLT An oracle for the Valley of Vision: What{ is it} to you, now, that you go up, all of you, 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 GLT The clamoring town{ is} full of noises, the city reveling. Your slain{ were} not slain{ by} sword, and not 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 GLT All your rulers fled away together; without a bow they were captured. All your remainder captured together, though they had fled far away. 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 GLT Therefore, I said,“Look{ away} from me! I shall weep bitterly; do not rush to comfort me concerning the destruction 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 GLT For{ it is} a day of tumult and trampling and confusion for the Lord Yahweh of hosts in the Valley of Vision, a breaking down of the walls, and a crying out to the mountains. 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 GLT And Elam bore the quiver, with chariots of men of horses, and Kir uncovered the shield. BSB BSB: Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
7 GLT And your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took position at the gate. BSB BSB: Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.
8 GLT And he took away the protection of Judah. And you looked on that day to the weapons of 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 GLT And the breaches of the city of David, you saw that they increased, and you collected the water 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 GLT And you made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool, but you did not look to its maker, and its designer from long ago you did not see. 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 GLT And the Lord Yahweh of hosts called on that day for weeping and for mourning and for shaved heads and for the wearing of 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 GLT But, behold: celebration and gladness, killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine:" Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will 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 GLT And it was revealed in my ears{ by} Yahweh of hosts:“Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you, even when you die,” says the Lord Yahweh 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.
16 GLT ‘Why{ are} you here and who let you here that you are digging for yourself here a tomb, digging his grave{ on the} heights, carving out a resting place for himself in the rock?’” 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 GLT Behold, Yahweh is about to throw you{ mighty} man, about to throw you down; and he will grasp you tightly. BSB BSB: Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,
18 GLT He will surely wind you round and round, toss like a ball into a country broad{ on} both sides. There you will die, and there the chariots of your glory{ will be} the shame of the house of your master. 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 GLT And I shall thrust you from your office and from your station you will be pulled down. BSB BSB: I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.
20 GLT And it will happen on that day that I shall call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah. BSB BSB: On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
21 GLT And I shall clothe him{ with} your tunic and fasten him{ with} your sash and give your authority into his hand. And he will 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 GLT And I shall place the key{ to} the house of David on his shoulder, and he will open, and none will shut, and he will shut, and none will 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 GLT and I shall fasten him, a peg in a secure place, and he will become a seat of glory for the house of his father. 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 GLT And they will hang on him all the glory of the house of his father, the offspring and descendants, every small vessel from the vessels of the cups and to all the vessels of the jugs. 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 GLT On that day— the declaration of Yahweh of hosts— the peg driven in a firm place will give way and break off and fall, and the weight that{ was} on it will be cut off— for Yahweh has 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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