1
The
burden
of
the
valley
of
vision.
What
aileth
thee
now,
that
thou
art
wholly
gone
up
to
the
housetops?
2
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.
3
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.
4
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.
5
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.
6
And
Elam
bare
the
quiver
with
chariots
of
men
[and]
horsemen,
and
Kir
uncovered
the
shield.
7
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.
8
And
he
discovered
the
covering
of
Judah,
and
thou
didst
look
in
that
day
to
the
armour
of
the
house
of
the
forest.
9
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.
10
And
ye
have
numbered
the
houses
of
Jerusalem,
and
the
houses
have
ye
broken
down
to
fortify
the
wall.
11
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.
12
And
in
that
day
did
the
Lord
GOD
of
hosts
call
to
weeping,
and
to
mourning,
and
to
baldness,
and
to
girding
with
sackcloth:
13
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.
14
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.
15
Thus
saith
the
Lord
GOD
of
hosts,
Go,
get
thee
unto
this
treasurer,
[even]
unto
Shebna,
which
[is]
over
the
house,
[and
say],
16
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?
17
Behold,
the
LORD
will
carry
thee
away
with
a
mighty
captivity,
and
will
surely
cover
thee.
18
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.
19
And
I
will
drive
thee
from
thy
station,
and
from
thy
state
shall
he
pull
thee
down.
20
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
I
will
call
my
servant
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah:
21
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.
22
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.
23
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.
24
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.
25
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].