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1 An oracle against the Valley of Vision: What's the matter with you? Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?
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The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,
2 The noisy city, the jubilant town, is filled with revelry. Your dead did not die by the sword; they were not killed in battle.
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you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle.
3 All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together; they had fled far away.
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All your leaders have fled together; without the bow they were captured. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.
4 Therefore I said, "Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly! Do not try to comfort me about the destruction of my dear people."
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Therefore I said: “Look away from me; let me weep bitter tears; do not labor to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people. ”
5 For the Lord God of Hosts had a day of tumult, trampling, and bewilderment in the Valley of Vision- people shouting and crying to the mountains;
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For the Lord God of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the valley of vision, a battering down of walls and a shouting to the mountains.
6 Elam took up a quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
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And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 Your best valleys were full of chariots, and horsemen were positioned at the gates.
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Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.
8 He removed the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
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He has taken away the covering of Judah. In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,
9 You saw that there were many breaches in [the walls of] the city of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
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and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many. You collected the waters of the lower pool,
10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem so that you could tear them down to fortify the wall.
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and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
11 You made 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 the One who created it long ago.
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You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.
12 On that day the Lord God of Hosts called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth.
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In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;
13 But look: joy and gladness, butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat, and drinking of wine- "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"
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and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. ”
14 The Lord of Hosts has revealed [this] in my hearing: "This sin of yours will never be wiped out." The Lord God of Hosts has spoken.
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The Lord of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: “Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die, ”says the Lord God of hosts.
15 The Lord God of Hosts said: "Go to Shebna, that steward who is in charge of the palace, [and say to him:]
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Thus says the Lord God of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:
16 What are you doing here? Who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here, carving your tomb on the height and cutting a crypt for yourself out of rock?
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What have you to do here, and whom have you here, that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock?
17 Look, young man! The Lord is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,
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Behold, the Lord will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. He will seize firm hold on you
18 wind you up into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will be-a disgrace to the house of your lord.
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and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be your glorious chariots, you shame of your master’s house.
19 I will remove you from your office; you will be ousted from your position.
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I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your station.
20 "On that day I will call for my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
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In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
21 I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority into his hand, and he will be like a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the House of Judah.
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and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your sash on him, and will commit your authority to his hand. And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22 I will place the key of the House of David on his shoulder; what he opens, no one can close; what he closes, no one can open.
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And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
23 I will drive him, like a peg, into a firm place. He will be a throne of honor for his father's house.
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And I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father’s house.
24 They will hang on him the whole burden of his father's house: the descendants and the offshoots-all the small vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.
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And they will hang on him the whole honor of his father’s house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.
25 On that day"-the declaration of the Lord of Hosts-"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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In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off, for the Lord has spoken. ”
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