12. In that day the Lord God of hostscalled for weeping and mourning,for baldness and wearing sackcloth;
13. and behold, joy and gladness,killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,eating flesh and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink,for tomorrow we die.”
14. The Lord of hosts has revealed himself in my ears:“Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die,”says the Lord God of hosts.
15. Thus says the Lord God of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:
16. What have you to do here, and whom have you here, that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock?
17. Behold, the Lord will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. He will seize firm hold on you
18. and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be your glorious chariots, you shame of your master’s house.
19. I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your station.