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Prophecy About Jerusalem
22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth
thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
22:2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous
city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead
in battle.
22:3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by
the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together,
which have fled from far.
22:4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep
bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling
of the daughter of my people.
22:5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and
of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of
vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the
mountains.
22:6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and
horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
22:7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys
shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set
themselves in array at the gate.
22:8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou
didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the
forest.
22:9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David,
that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of
the lower pool.
22:10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the
houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
22:11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the
water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker
thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long
ago.
22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to
weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding
with sackcloth:
22:13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and
killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat
and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of
hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you
till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
22:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto
this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house,
and say,
22:16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that
thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth
him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation
for himself in a rock?
22:17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty
captivity, and will surely cover thee.
22:18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a
ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there
the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's
house.
22:19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy
state shall he pull thee down.
22:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will
call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
22:21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen
him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into
his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his
shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he
shall shut, and none shall open.
22:23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and
he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
22:24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his
father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of
small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the
vessels of flagons.
22:25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail
that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut
down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut
off: for the LORD hath spoken it. |
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