A Prophecy About Jerusalem
1A prophecy against the Valley of Vision:
What troubles you now,
that you have all gone up on the roofs,
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 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 I said, “Turn away from me;
let me weep bitterly.
Do not try to console me
over the destruction of my people.”
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.
6Elam takes up the quiver,
with her charioteers and horses;
Kir uncovers the shield.
7Your choicest valleys are full of chariots,
and horsemen are posted at the city gates.
8The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah,
and you looked in that day
to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest.
9You saw that the walls of the City of David
were broken through in many places;
you stored up water
in the Lower Pool.
10You counted the buildings in Jerusalem
and tore down houses to strengthen the wall.
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.
12The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
called you on that day
to weep and to wail,
to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.
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!”
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.
15This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:
“Go, say to this steward,
to Shebna the palace administrator:
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?
17“Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you
and hurl you away, you mighty man.
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.
19I will depose you from your office,
and you will be ousted from your position.
20“In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. 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. 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. 23I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat22:23 Or throne of honor for the house of his father. 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.
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.
关于耶路撒冷的预言
1以下是关于异象谷22:1 “异象谷”指耶路撒冷。的预言：
为什么你们全都上到房顶呢？
2你们这座充满喧闹、骚动和欢乐的城啊，
你们中间被杀的人既非丧身刀下，
也非死于战场。
3你们的官长都一起逃跑，
一箭未发便束手就缚，
逃到远方的也一同被擒。
4所以，我说：“你们不要管我，
让我痛哭吧！
不要安慰我，
我的同胞都被毁灭了。”
5主——万军之耶和华已经定了日子，
要使异象谷饱受恐慌、
失败和混乱，
城墙被攻破，
哭喊声响彻山间。
6以拦人带着箭袋，
率领战车和骑兵前来，
吉珥人也亮出盾牌。
7你们佳美的山谷中布满战车，
骑兵在你们的城门前列阵。
8主除去了犹大的防卫。
那时，你们寄望于藏在林宫里的兵器。 9你们看见大卫城破口累累，你们储存下池的水， 10数点耶路撒冷城的房屋，把房屋拆掉修补城墙。 11你们又在两道城墙之间建造新的蓄水池，用来盛旧池的水。耶和华从古时已定了这一切，要使这一切发生，但你们既不仰望祂，也不理会祂。
12那日，主——万军之耶和华要你们哭泣哀号，
剃光头发，身披麻衣。
13但你们却欢喜作乐，
宰牛杀羊，喝酒吃肉，说：
“让我们吃喝吧！
因为明天我们就死了。”
14万军之耶和华启示我说：
“你们这罪到死也得不到赦免。
这是主——万军之耶和华说的。”
15主——万军之耶和华吩咐我去见宫廷总管舍伯那，对他说： 16“你在这里做什么？你凭什么在这里为自己挖坟墓，在高处为自己挖坟墓，在磐石上为自己凿安息之所？ 17看啊，你这有权有势的人，耶和华必紧紧抓住你，把你猛力抛出去。 18祂必把你揉作一团，像球一样扔到宽阔之地。在那里，你必死亡，你华美的战车也必遭毁灭，你是你主人家的羞辱。” 19耶和华对舍伯那说：“我必解除你的官职，把你从高位上拉下来。
20“到那日，我必召来希勒迦的儿子——我的仆人以利亚敬， 21给他穿上你的朝服，系上你的腰带，把你的权柄交给他。他必像父亲一样保护耶路撒冷的居民和犹大人。 22我必把大卫家的钥匙放在他的肩头。他开启的，没有人能关；他关闭的，没有人能开。 23我要使他像深嵌在坚固之处的橛子一样稳固，他必给他的家族带来尊荣。 24他的家族及其子孙后代都靠他得荣耀，如同杯子和酒瓶等小器皿挂在一个橛子上。”
25万军之耶和华说：“到那日，牢牢钉在坚固之处的橛子必松动，被砍落在地上，挂在上面的东西必被除掉。这是耶和华说的。”
