| King James Bible | New International Version |
| 1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? | 1A prophecy against the Valley of Vision: What troubles you now, that you have all gone up on the roofs, |
| 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. | 2you town so full of commotion, you city of tumult and revelry? Your slain were not killed by the sword, nor did they die 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. | 3All your leaders have fled together; they have been captured without using the bow. All you who were caught were taken prisoner together, having fled while the enemy was still far away. |
| 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. | 4Therefore I said, "Turn away from me; let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction 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. | 5The Lord, the LORD Almighty, has a day of tumult and trampling and terror in the Valley of Vision, a day of battering down walls and of crying out to the mountains. |
| 6And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. | 6Elam takes up the quiver, with her charioteers and horses; Kir uncovers 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. | 7Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the city gates. |
| 8And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. | 8The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah, and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace 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. | 9You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places; you stored up water in the Lower Pool. |
| 10And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. | 10You counted the buildings in Jerusalem and tore down houses to strengthen 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. | 11You built a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the Old Pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or have regard for the One who planned 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: | 12The Lord, the LORD Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on 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. | 13But see, there is joy and revelry, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine! "Let us eat and drink," you say, "for tomorrow we 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. | 14The LORD Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: "Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for," says the Lord, the LORD Almighty. |
| 15Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, | 15This is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says: "Go, say to this steward, to Shebna the palace administrator: |
| 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? | 16What are you doing here and who gave you permission to cut out a grave for yourself here, hewing your grave on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock? |
| 17Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. | 17"Beware, the LORD is about to take firm hold of you and hurl you away, you mighty man. |
| 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. | 18He will roll you up tightly like a ball and throw you into a large country. There you will die and there the chariots you were so proud of will become a disgrace to your master's house. |
| 19And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. | 19I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position. |
| 20And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: | 20"In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim 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. | 21I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people 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. | 22I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can 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. | 23I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat of honor for the house of his father. |
| 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. | 24All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots--all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars. |
| 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. | 25"In that day," declares the LORD Almighty, "the peg driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down." The LORD has spoken. |
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