Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Revised Standard NRS
1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?
1
The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,
2 Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.
2
you that are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain by the sword, nor are they dead in battle.
3 All the princes are fled together, and are bound hard: all that were found, are bound together, they are fled far off.
3
Your rulers have all fled together; they were captured without the use of a bow. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.
4 Therefore have I said: Depart from me, I will weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, for the devastation of the daughter of my people.
4
Therefore I said: Look away from me, let me weep bitter tears; do not try to comfort me for the destruction of my beloved people.
5 For it is a day of slaughter and of treading down, and of weeping to the Lord the God of hosts in the valley of vision, searching the wall, and magnificent upon the mountain.
5
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 cry for help to the mountains.
6 And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.
6
Elam bore the quiver with chariots and cavalry, and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall place themselves in the gate.
7
Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the cavalry took their stand at the gates.
8 And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.
8
He has taken away the covering of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,
9 And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,
9
and you saw that there were many breaches in the city of David, and you collected the waters of the lower pool.
10 And have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and broken down houses to fortify the wall.
10
You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
11 And you made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: and you have not looked up to the maker thereof, nor regarded him even at a distance, that wrought it long ago.
11
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 have regard for him who planned it long ago.
12 And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
12
In that day the Lord God of hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth;
13 And behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
13
but instead there was joy and festivity, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
14 And the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed in my ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till you die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
14
The Lord of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die, says the Lord God of hosts.
15 Thus saith the Lord God of hosts: Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna who is over the temple: and thou shalt say to him:
15
Thus says the Lord God of hosts: Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is master of the household, and say to him:
16 What dost thou here, or as if thou wert somebody here? for thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, thou hast hewed out a monument carefully in a high place, a dwelling for thyself in a rock.
16
What right do you have here? Who are your relatives here, that you have cut out a tomb here for yourself, cutting a tomb on the height, and carving a habitation for yourself in the rock?
17 Behold the Lord will cause thee to be carried away, as a cock is carried away, and he will lift thee up as a garment.
17
The Lord is about to hurl you away violently, my fellow. He will seize firm hold on you,
18 He will crown thee with a crown of tribulation, he will toss thee like a ball into a large and spacious country: there shalt thou die, and there shall the chariot of thy glory be, the shame of the house of thy Lord.
18
whirl you round and round, and throw you like a ball into a wide land; there you shall die, and there your splendid chariots shall lie, O you disgrace to your master's house!
19 And I will drive thee out from thy station, and depose thee from thy ministry.
19
I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your post.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliacim the son of Helcias,
20
On that day I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah,
21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and will strengthen him with thy girdle, and will give thy power into his hand: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Juda.
21
and will clothe him with your robe and bind your sash on him. I 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 And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open.
22
I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and no one shall shut; he shall shut, and no one shall open.
23 And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.
23
I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his ancestral house.
24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, divers kinds of vessels, every little vessel, from the vessels of cups even to every instrument of music.
24
And they will hang on him the whole weight of his ancestral house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.
25 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the peg be removed, that was fastened in the sure place: and it shall be broken and shall fall: and that which hung thereon, shall perish, because the Lord hath spoken it.
25
On that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way; it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will perish, for the Lord has spoken.
The Douay-Rheims Bible is in the public domain.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.