6. Elam bore the quiverWith chariots of men and horsemen,And Kir uncovered the shield.
7. It shall come to pass that your choicest valleysShall be full of chariots,And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
8. He removed the protection of Judah.You looked in that day to the armor of the House of the Forest;
9. You also saw the damage to the city of David,That it was great;And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10. You numbered the houses of Jerusalem,And the houses you broke downTo fortify the wall.
11. You also made a reservoir between the two wallsFor the water of the old pool.But you did not look to its Maker,Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
12. And in that day the Lord God of hostsCalled for weeping and for mourning,For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
13. But instead, joy and gladness,Slaying oxen and killing sheep,Eating meat and drinking wine:“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14. Then it was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of hosts,“Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you,Even to your death,” says the Lord God of hosts.
15. Thus says the Lord God of hosts:“Go, proceed to this steward,To Shebna, who is over the house, and say:
16. ‘What have you here, and whom have you here,That you have hewn a sepulcher here,As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high,Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
17. Indeed, the Lord will throw you away violently,O mighty man,And will surely seize you.
18. He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ballInto a large country;There you shall die, and there your glorious chariotsShall be the shame of your master’s house.
19. So I will drive you out of your office,And from your position he will pull you down.