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.
22. I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
23. I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat of honour for the house of his father.
24. All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots – all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.
25. ‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘the peg driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.’ The Lord has spoken.