6. The Elamites picked up the quiver,and came with chariots and horsemen;the men of Kir prepared the shield.
7. Your very best valleys were full of chariots;horsemen confidently took their positions at the gate.
8. They removed the defenses of Judah.At that time you lookedfor the weapons in the House of the Forest.
9. You saw the many breaksin the walls of the city of David;you stored up water in the lower pool.
10. You counted the houses in Jerusalem,and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.
11. You made a reservoir between the two wallsfor the water of the old pool – but you did not trust in the one who made it;you did not depend on the one who formed it long ago!
12. At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning,for shaved heads and sackcloth.
13. But look, there is outright celebration!You say, “Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep,eat meat and drink wine.Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14. The Lord who commands armies told me this: “Certainly this sin will not be forgiven as long as you live,” says the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies.
15. This is what the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, says:“Go visit this administrator, Shebna, who supervises the palace, and tell him:
16. ‘What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here?Why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here?He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place,he carves out his tomb on a cliff.