10. You counted the buildings in Jerusalemand tore down houses to strengthen the wall.
11. You built a reservoir between the two wallsfor the water of the Old Pool,but you did not look to the One who made it,or have regard for the One who planned it long ago.
12. The Lord, the Lord Almighty,called you on that dayto weep and to wail,to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.
13. But see, there is joy and revelry,slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,eating of meat and drinking of wine!‘Let us eat and drink,’ you say,‘for tomorrow we die!’
14. The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: ‘Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for,’ says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
15. This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:‘Go, say to this steward,to Shebna the palace administrator:
16. what are you doing here and who gave you permissionto cut out a grave for yourself here,hewing your grave on the heightand chiselling your resting place in the rock?
17. ‘Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of youand hurl you away, you mighty man.
18. He will roll you up tightly like a balland throw you into a large country.There you will dieand there the chariots you were so proud ofwill become a disgrace to your master’s house.
19. I will depose you from your office,and you will be ousted from your position.
20. ‘In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
21. I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah.