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.
關於耶路撒冷的預言
1以下是關於異象谷22·1 「異象谷」指耶路撒冷。的預言：
為什麼你們全都上到房頂呢？
2你們這座充滿喧鬧、騷動和歡樂的城啊，
你們中間被殺的人既非喪身刀下，
也非死於戰場。
3你們的官長都一起逃跑，
一箭未發便束手就縛，
逃到遠方的也一同被擒。
4所以，我說：「你們不要管我，
讓我痛哭吧！
不要安慰我，
我的同胞都被毀滅了。」
5主——萬軍之耶和華已經定了日子，
要使異象谷飽受恐慌、
失敗和混亂，
城牆被攻破，
哭喊聲響徹山間。
6以攔人帶著箭袋，
率領戰車和騎兵前來，
吉珥人也亮出盾牌。
7你們佳美的山谷中佈滿戰車，
騎兵在你們的城門前列陣。
8主除去了猶大的防衛。
那時，你們寄望於藏在林宮裡的兵器。 9你們看見大衛城破口纍纍，你們儲存下池的水， 10數點耶路撒冷城的房屋，把房屋拆掉修補城牆。 11你們又在兩道城牆之間建造新的蓄水池，用來盛舊池的水。耶和華從古時已定了這一切，要使這一切發生，但你們既不仰望祂，也不理會祂。
12那日，主——萬軍之耶和華要你們哭泣哀號，
剃光頭髮，身披麻衣。
13但你們卻歡喜作樂，
宰牛殺羊，喝酒吃肉，說：
「讓我們吃喝吧！
因為明天我們就死了。」
14萬軍之耶和華啟示我說：
「你們這罪到死也得不到赦免。
這是主——萬軍之耶和華說的。」
15主——萬軍之耶和華吩咐我去見宮廷總管舍伯那，對他說： 16「你在這裡做什麼？你憑什麼在這裡為自己挖墳墓，在高處為自己挖墳墓，在磐石上為自己鑿安息之所？ 17看啊，你這有權有勢的人，耶和華必緊緊抓住你，把你猛力拋出去。 18祂必把你揉作一團，像球一樣扔到寬闊之地。在那裡，你必死亡，你華美的戰車也必遭毀滅，你是你主人家的羞辱。」 19耶和華對舍伯那說：「我必解除你的官職，把你從高位上拉下來。
20「到那日，我必召來希勒迦的兒子——我的僕人以利亞敬， 21給他穿上你的朝服，繫上你的腰帶，把你的權柄交給他。他必像父親一樣保護耶路撒冷的居民和猶大人。 22我必把大衛家的鑰匙放在他的肩頭。他開啟的，沒有人能關；他關閉的，沒有人能開。 23我要使他像深嵌在堅固之處的橛子一樣穩固，他必給他的家族帶來尊榮。 24他的家族及其子孫後代都靠他得榮耀，如同杯子和酒瓶等小器皿掛在一個橛子上。」
25萬軍之耶和華說：「到那日，牢牢釘在堅固之處的橛子必鬆動，被砍落在地上，掛在上面的東西必被除掉。這是耶和華說的。」
