6. Elam carried the quiver with chariots and horsemen,and Kir uncovered the shield.
7. Your finest valleys were filled with chariots,and horsemen doggedly guarded the gate.
8. Judah’s covering has been stripped away.On that day, you trusted the weapons in the Forest House.
9. You observed the many broken defenses in David’s City,and you collected the waters of the lower pool.
10. You counted Jerusalem’s houses,and you tore down houses to fortify the wall.
11. You made a reservoir between the walls for the water of the earlier pool.But you didn’t trust its maker;you didn’t consider the one who planned it long ago.
12. The Lord God of heavenly forces called on that dayfor weeping and mourning, and shaven heads, and wearing of mourning clothes.
13. But instead there wasfun and frivolity,killing of cattleand slaughtering of sheep,eating of meat and drinking of wine:"Eat and drink! Tomorrow we will die!"
14. But the Lord of heavenly forces has revealed in my hearing:This iniquity won’t be forgiven you until you die, says the Lord God of heavenly forces.
15. The Lord God of heavenly forces says, Go now to this official, to Shebna, who is in charge of the house, and say to him:
16. What do you have here—and whom do you have here—that you have hewed out a tomb for yourself,you who cuts his grave on high and carves himself a home in the cliff?
17. The Lord is about to hurl you down, mighty man!He is surely going to cover you with darkness;
18. he will indeed unroll your head wrapping,rolling it like a ball into the open country.There you will die, with your glorious chariots,you disgrace to the house of your master!
19. I will thrust you from your monument;you will be pulled down from your platform.
20. On that day, I will call my servantEliakim, Hilkiah’s son.
21. I will give him your robe and wrap him in your sash,and I will hand over to him your authority.He will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalemand to the house of Judah.
22. I will place the key to David’s house on his shoulder;what he opens no one will close,and what he closes no one will open.
23. I will fasten him securely like a tent peg,and he will be a throne of honor for his ancestors’ house.
24. All the honor of his household will hang on him, the offspring and the offshoots, every little dish, every bowl, every jar.