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of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the
L
ORD
God of Israel hath spoken
it.
CHAPTER 22
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the
housetops?
2
Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain
men are
not slain
with the sword, nor dead in battle.
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.
4
Therefore said I, Look
away fromme; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter
of my people.
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.
6
And
Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men
and
horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
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.
8
And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the
house of the forest.
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.
10
And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
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.
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:
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.
14
And it was revealed in mine ears by the L
ORD
of hosts, Surely this iniquity
shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
15
Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer,
even
unto Shebna, which
is
over the house,
and say,
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?
17
Behold, the L
ORD
will carry thee away with a mighty captivity,
and will surely cover thee.
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.
19
And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
20
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
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
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.
23
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure
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