The burden
of the valley
of vision.
What aileth thee now,
that thou art wholly gone up
to the housetops?
Thou that art full
of stirs,
a tumultuous
city,
a joyous
city:
thy slain
men are not slain
with the sword,
nor dead
in battle.
All thy rulers
are fled
together,
they are bound
by the archers:
all that are found
in thee are bound
together,
which have fled
from far.
Therefore said
I, Look away
from me; I will weep
bitterly,
labour
not to comfort
me, because of the spoiling
of the daughter
of my people.
For it is a day
of trouble,
and of treading down,
and of perplexity
by the Lord
GOD
of hosts
in the valley
of vision,
breaking
down the walls,
and of crying
to the mountains.
trampling
καταπατήματος
katapatēmatos
making to wander
πλάνησις
planēsis
And Elam
bare
the quiver
with chariots
of men
and horsemen,
and Kir
uncovered
the shield.
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.
And he discovered
the covering
of Judah,
and thou didst look
in that day
to the armour
of the house
of the forest.
Ye have seen
also the breaches
of the city
of David,
that they are many:
and ye gathered together
the waters
of the lower
pool.
at the furthest point
ἄκρας
akras
And ye have numbered
the houses
of Jerusalem,
and the houses
have ye broken down
to fortify
the wall.
Ye made
also a ditch
between the two walls
for the water
of the old
pool:
but ye have not looked
unto the maker
thereof, neither had respect
unto him that fashioned
it long ago.
And in that day
did the Lord
GOD
of hosts
call
to weeping,
and to mourning,
and to baldness,
and to girding
with sackcloth:
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.
joy
ἀγαλλίαμα
agalliama
And it was revealed
in mine ears
by the LORD
of hosts,
Surely this iniquity
shall not be purged
from you till ye die,
saith
the Lord
GOD
of hosts.
Thus saith
the Lord
GOD
of hosts,
Go,
get
thee unto this treasurer,
even unto Shebna,
which is over the house,
and say,
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out
a sepulchre
here,
as he that heweth him out
a sepulchre
on high,
and that graveth
an habitation
for himself in a rock?
Behold, the LORD
will carry thee away
with a mighty
captivity,
and will surely
cover
thee.
He will surely
violently turn
and toss
thee like a ball
into a large
country:
there shalt thou die,
and there the chariots
of thy glory
shall be the shame
of thy lord's
house.
unmeasured
ἀμέτρητον
ametrēton
trampling
καταπάτημα
katapatēma
And I will drive
thee from thy station,
and from thy state
shall he pull thee down.
And it shall come to pass in that day,
that I will call
my servant
Eliakim
the son
of Hilkiah:
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.
And the key
of the house
of David
will I lay
upon his shoulder;
so he shall open,
and none shall shut;
and he shall shut,
and none shall open.
And I will fasten
him as a nail
in a sure
place;
and he shall be for a glorious
throne
to his father's
house.
And they shall hang
upon him all the glory
of his father's
house,
the offspring
and the issue,
all vessels
of small
quantity, from the vessels
of cups,
even to all the vessels
of flagons.
In that day,
saith
the LORD
of hosts,
shall the nail
that is fastened
in the sure
place
be removed,
and be cut down,
and fall;
and the burden
that was upon it shall be cut off:
for the LORD
hath spoken
it.
