1. The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2. Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.
3. All the princes are fled together, and are bound hard: all that were found, are bound together, they are fled far off.
4. Therefore have I said: Depart from me, I will weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, for the devastation of the daughter of my people.
5. For it is a day of slaughter and of treading down, and of weeping to the Lord the God of hosts in the valley of vision, searching the wall, and magnificent upon the mountain.
6. And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.
7. And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horseman shall place themselves in the gate.
8. And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.
9. And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,
10. And have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and broken down houses to fortify the wall.
11. And you made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: and you have not looked up to the maker thereof, nor regarded him even at a distance, that wrought it long ago.
12. And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
13. And behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
14. And the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed in my ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till you die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
15. Thus saith the Lord God of hosts: Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna who is over the temple: and thou shalt say to him: