1 The word about the valley of vision. Why have all your people gone up to the house-tops?

1 מַשָּׂ֖א גֵּ֣יא חִזָּיֹ֑ון מַה־לָּ֣ךְ אֵפֹ֔וא כִּֽי־עָלִ֥ית כֻּלָּ֖ךְ לַגַּגֹּֽות׃

2 You, who are full of loud voices, a town of outcries, given up to joy; your dead men have not been put to the sword, or come to their death in war.

2 תְּשֻׁאֹ֣ות׀ מְלֵאָ֗ה עִ֚יר הֹֽומִיָּ֔ה קִרְיָ֖ה עַלִּיזָ֑ה חֲלָלַ֙יִךְ֙ לֹ֣א חַלְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶב וְלֹ֖א מֵתֵ֥י מִלְחָמָֽה׃

3 All your rulers ... have gone in flight; all your strong ones have gone far away.

3 כָּל־קְצִינַ֥יִךְ נָֽדְדוּ־יַ֖חַד מִקֶּ֣שֶׁת אֻסָּ֑רוּ כָּל־נִמְצָאַ֙יִךְ֙ אֻסְּר֣וּ יַחְדָּ֔ו מֵרָחֹ֖וק בָּרָֽחוּ׃

4 For this cause I have said, Let your eyes be turned away from me in my bitter weeping; I will not be comforted for the wasting of the daughter of my people.

4 עַל־כֵּ֥ן אָמַ֛רְתִּי שְׁע֥וּ מִנִּ֖י אֲמָרֵ֣ר בַּבֶּ֑כִי אַל־תָּאִ֣יצוּ לְנַֽחֲמֵ֔נִי עַל־שֹׁ֖ד בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃

5 For it is a day of trouble and of crushing down and of destruction from the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the valley of vision; ...

5 כִּ֣י יֹום֩ מְהוּמָ֨ה וּמְבוּסָ֜ה וּמְבוּכָ֗ה לַֽאדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה צְבָאֹ֖ות בְּגֵ֣יא חִזָּיֹ֑ון מְקַרְקַ֥ר קִ֖ר וְשֹׁ֥ועַ אֶל־הָהָֽר׃

6 And Elam was armed with arrows, and Aram came on horseback; and the breastplate of Kir was uncovered.

6 וְעֵילָם֙ נָשָׂ֣א אַשְׁפָּ֔ה בְּרֶ֥כֶב אָדָ֖ם פָּֽרָשִׁ֑ים וְקִ֥יר עֵרָ֖ה מָגֵֽן׃

7 And your most fertile valleys were full of war-carriages, and the horsemen took up their positions in front of the town.

7 וַיְהִ֥י מִבְחַר־עֲמָקַ֖יִךְ מָ֣לְאוּ רָ֑כֶב וְהַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים שֹׁ֖ת שָׁ֥תוּ הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃

8 He took away the cover of Judah; and in that day you were looking with care at the store of arms in the house of the woods.

8 וַיְגַ֕ל אֵ֖ת מָסַ֣ךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַתַּבֵּט֙ בַּיֹּ֣ום הַה֔וּא אֶל־נֶ֖שֶׁק בֵּ֥ית הַיָּֽעַר׃

9 And you saw all the broken places in the wall of the town of David: and you got together the waters of the lower pool.

9 וְאֵ֨ת בְּקִיעֵ֧י עִיר־דָּוִ֛ד רְאִיתֶ֖ם כִּי־רָ֑בּוּ וַֽתְּקַבְּצ֔וּ אֶת־מֵ֥י הַבְּרֵכָ֖ה הַתַּחְתֹּונָֽה׃

10 And you had the houses of Jerusalem numbered, pulling down the houses to make the wall stronger.

10 וְאֶת־בָּתֵּ֥י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם סְפַרְתֶּ֑ם וַתִּתְֿצוּ֙ הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים לְבַצֵּ֖ר הַחֹומָֽה׃

11 And you made a place between the two walls for storing the waters of the old pool: but you gave no thought to him who had done this, and were not looking to him by whom it had been purposed long before.

11 וּמִקְוָ֣ה׀ עֲשִׂיתֶ֗ם בֵּ֚ין הַחֹ֣מֹתַ֔יִם לְמֵ֖י הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה הַיְשָׁנָ֑ה וְלֹ֤א הִבַּטְתֶּם֙ אֶל־עֹשֶׂ֔יהָ וְיֹצְרָ֥הּ מֵֽרָחֹ֖וק לֹ֥א רְאִיתֶֽם׃

12 And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:

12 וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֲדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה צְבָאֹ֖ות בַּיֹּ֣ום הַה֑וּא לִבְכִי֙ וּלְמִסְפֵּ֔ד וּלְקָרְחָ֖ה וְלַחֲגֹ֥ר שָֽׂק׃

13 But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.

13 וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ שָׂשֹׂ֣ון וְשִׂמְחָ֗ה הָרֹ֤ג׀ בָּקָר֙ וְשָׁחֹ֣ט צֹ֔אן אָכֹ֥ל בָּשָׂ֖ר וְשָׁתֹ֣ות יָ֑יִן אָכֹ֣ול וְשָׁתֹ֔ו כִּ֥י מָחָ֖ר נָמֽוּת׃

14 And the Lord of armies said to me secretly, Truly, this sin will not be taken from you till your death, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.

14 וְנִגְלָ֥ה בְאָזְנָ֖י יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֑ות אִם־יְ֠כֻפַּר הֶעָוֹן֙ הַזֶּ֤ה לָכֶם֙ עַד־תְּמֻת֔וּן אָמַ֛ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה צְבָאֹֽות׃

15 The Lord, the Lord of armies, says, Go to this person in authority, this Shebna, who is over the house; who has made himself a resting-place on high, cutting out a place for himself in the rock, and say,

15 כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה צְבָאֹ֑ות לֶךְ־בֹּא֙ אֶל־הַסֹּכֵ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה עַל־שֶׁבְנָ֖א אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הַבָּֽיִת׃

16 Who are you, and by what right have you made for yourself a resting-place here?

16 מַה־לְּךָ֥ פֹה֙ וּמִ֣י לְךָ֣ פֹ֔ה כִּֽי־חָצַ֧בְתָּ לְּךָ֛ פֹּ֖ה קָ֑בֶר חֹצְבִ֤י מָרֹום֙ קִבְרֹ֔ו חֹקְקִ֥י בַסֶּ֖לַע מִשְׁכָּ֥ן לֹֽו׃

17 See, O strong man, the Lord will send you violently away, gripping you with force,

17 הִנֵּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ מְטַלְטֶלְךָ֔ טַלְטֵלָ֖ה גָּ֑בֶר וְעֹטְךָ֖ עָטֹֽה׃

18 Twisting you round and round like a ball he will send you out into a wide country: there you will come to your end, and there will be the carriages of your pride, O shame of your lord's house!

18 צָנֹ֤וף יִצְנָפְךָ֙ צְנֵפָ֔ה כַּדּ֕וּר אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ רַחֲבַ֣ת יָדָ֑יִם שָׁ֣מָּה תָמ֗וּת וְשָׁ֙מָּה֙ מַרְכְּבֹ֣ות כְּבֹודֶ֔ךָ קְלֹ֖ון בֵּ֥ית אֲדֹנֶֽיךָ׃

19 And I will have you forced out of your place of authority, and pulled down from your position.

19 וַהֲדַפְתִּ֖יךָ מִמַּצָּבֶ֑ךָ וּמִמַּעֲמָֽדְךָ֖ יֶהֶרְסֶֽךָ׃

20 And in that day I will send for my servant, Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah:

20 וְהָיָ֖ה בַּיֹּ֣ום הַה֑וּא וְקָרָ֣אתִי לְעַבְדִּ֔י לְאֶלְיָקִ֖ים בֶּן־חִלְקִיָּֽהוּ׃

21 And I will put your robe on him, and put your band about him, and I will give your authority into his hand: and he will be a father to the men of Jerusalem, and to the family of Judah.

21 וְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּ֣יו כֻּתָּנְתֶּ֗ךָ וְאַבְנֵֽטְךָ֙ אֲחַזְּקֶ֔נּוּ וּמֶֽמְשֶׁלְתְּךָ֖¹ אֶתֵּ֣ן בְּיָדֹ֑ו וְהָיָ֥ה לְאָ֛ב לְיֹושֵׁ֥ב יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וּלְבֵ֥ית יְהוּדָֽה׃

22 And I will give the key of the family of David into his care; and what he keeps open will be shut by no one, and what he keeps shut no one will make open.

22 וְנָתַתִּ֛י מַפְתֵּ֥חַ בֵּית־דָּוִ֖ד עַל־שִׁכְמֹ֑ו וּפָתַח֙ וְאֵ֣ין סֹגֵ֔ר וְסָגַ֖ר וְאֵ֥ין פֹּתֵֽחַ׃

23 And I will put him like a nail in a safe place; and he will be for a seat of glory to his father's family.

23 וּתְקַעְתִּ֥יו יָתֵ֖ד בְּמָקֹ֣ום נֶאֱמָ֑ן וְהָיָ֛ה לְכִסֵּ֥א כָבֹ֖וד לְבֵ֥ית אָבִֽיו׃

24 And all the glory of his father's family will be hanging on him, all their offspring, every small vessel, even the cups and the basins.

24 וְתָל֨וּ עָלָ֜יו כֹּ֣ל׀ כְּבֹ֣וד בֵּית־אָבִ֗יו הַצֶּֽאֱצָאִים֙ וְהַצְּפִעֹ֔ות כֹּ֖ל כְּלֵ֣י הַקָּטָ֑ן מִכְּלֵי֙ הָֽאַגָּנֹ֔ות וְעַ֖ד כָּל־כְּלֵ֥י הַנְּבָלִֽים׃

25 In that day, says the Lord of armies, will the nail fixed in a safe place give way; and it will be cut down, and in its fall the weight hanging on it will be cut off, for the Lord has said it.

25 בַּיֹּ֣ום הַה֗וּא נְאֻם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות תָּמוּשׁ֙ הַיָּתֵ֔ד הַתְּקוּעָ֖ה בְּמָקֹ֣ום נֶאֱמָ֑ן וְנִגְדְּעָ֣ה וְנָפְלָ֗ה וְנִכְרַת֙ הַמַּשָּׂ֣א אֲשֶׁר־עָלֶ֔יהָ כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר׃