1Yo, this vibe is heavy in the valley of vision. What’s poppin’ that you’re all up on the rooftops now?

2You’re all about the chaos, a wild city, a lit city: your homies ain’t gone down by the sword or in battle.

3All your leaders dipped together, caught up by the archers: everyone in you is bound up, running from far away.

4So I said, "Look away from me; I’m about to cry hard, don’t even try to comfort me, 'cause my people are getting wrecked."

5It’s a day of struggle, getting stomped on, and confusion from the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down walls and crying out to the mountains.

6Elam’s got the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir’s showing off the shield.

7And it’s gonna be lit, your best valleys filled with chariots, and the horsemen are gonna line up at the gate.

8He revealed Judah’s cover, and you peeped the armor of the house in the forest that day.

9You saw the holes in David’s city, there’s a bunch of them: and you gathered the waters from the lower pool.

10You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and you broke them down to beef up the wall.

11You made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but you didn’t look to the maker, or respect the one who crafted it ages ago.

12That day, the Lord God of hosts called for weeping, mourning, baldness, and rocking sackcloth:

13And check it, joy and gladness, killing oxen, sheep, munching on meat, and sipping wine: let’s eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

14And the Lord of hosts dropped this in my ears, "For real, this sin ain’t getting cleared till you die," says the Lord God of hosts.

15So the Lord God of hosts said, "Go hit up this treasurer, Shebna, who’s over the house, and say,

16What are you doing here? Who you got here, that you’ve carved out a tomb for yourself like you’re high and mighty, making a crib in a rock?"

17Check it, the Lord’s gonna take you away with a big capture, and definitely cover you.

18He’s gonna toss you around like a ball into a massive country: there you’ll die, and your glory’s chariots will be the shame of your lord’s house.

19I’ll boot you from your spot, and from your state, he’s gonna pull you down.

20And on that day, I’ll call my dude Eliakim, son of Hilkiah:

21I’ll hook him up with your robe, boost him with your belt, and put your government in his hands: he’ll be a father to the peeps of Jerusalem and Judah.

22And I’ll drop the key of David’s house on his shoulder; he’ll open, and no one can shut; he’ll shut, and no one can open.

23I’ll nail him down in a solid spot; he’ll be a glorious throne for his dad’s house.

24And all the glory of his dad’s house will hang on him, the kids and the crew, all the small stuff, from cups to all the flagons.

25That day, says the Lord of hosts, the nail in the sure place will get removed, cut down, and fall; and the weight on it will be cut off: for the Lord has spoken it.

1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

2Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

3All 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.

4Therefore 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.

5For 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.

6And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

7And 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.

8And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

9Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

10And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.

11Ye 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.

12And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

13And 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.

14And 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.

15Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

16What 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?

17Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

18He 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.

19And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

20And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

21And 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.

22And 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.

23And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.

24And 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.

25In 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.