9. You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places; you stored up water in the Lower Pool.
10. You counted the buildings in Jerusalem and tore down houses to strengthen the wall.
11. You 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.
12. The Lord, the Lord Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.
13. But 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!”
14. The 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.
15. This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says: “Go, say to this steward, to Shebna the palace administrator:
16. What 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.