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SEPTEMBER 15
13 But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and drinking wine:
22:1 Valley of Vision. This referred to Israel, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we
since God often revealed Himself to Jerusalem die!”
in visions. However, the unrepentant inhabi-
tants displayed a marked lack of vision in their
oblivion to the destruction that awaited them.
What ails you…? The prophet reproached
the people for celebrating with wild parties 22:13 Let us eat and drink,for tomorrow we
when they should have been in deep repen- die! Paul cites the same philosophy (1 Cor.
tance because of their sins. Apparently he 15:32):If there is no resurrection,enjoyment in
anticipated a condition that arose in conjunc- this life is all that matters. It utterly disregards
tion with Jerusalem’s fall to the Babylonians in God’s eternal values.
586 B.C.But similar incursions by the Assyrians
in either 711 or 701 B.C., from which the Lord
delivered the city, had prompted the revelry
among the people. 14 Then it was revealed in my hearing by
the LORD of hosts,
I will weep bitterly; “Surely for this iniquity there will be no
Do not labor to comfort me atonement for you,
Because of the plundering of the Even to your death,” says the Lord
daughter of my people.” GOD of hosts.
5 For it is a day of trouble and treading 15 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts:
down and perplexity
By the Lord GOD of hosts “Go, proceed to this steward,
To Shebna, who is over the house,
In the Valley of Vision— and say:
Breaking down the walls 16 ‘What have you here, and whom have
And of crying to the mountain.
6 Elam bore the quiver you here,
With chariots of men and horsemen, That you have hewn a sepulcher here,
As he who hews himself a sepulcher
And Kir uncovered the shield.
on high,
7 It shall come to pass that your choicest Who carves a tomb for himself in a
valleys rock?
Shall be full of chariots, 17 Indeed, the LORD will throw you away
And the horsemen shall set themselves violently,
in array at the gate. O mighty man,
8 He removed the protection of Judah. And will surely seize you.
You looked in that day to the armor of 18 He will surely turn violently and toss
the House of the Forest; you like a ball
9 You also saw the damage to the city Into a large country;
of David, There you shall die, and there your
That it was great; glorious chariots
And you gathered together the waters Shall be the shame of your master’s
of the lower pool. house.
10 19 So I will drive you out of your office,
You numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
And the houses you broke down And from your position he will pull you
To fortify the wall. down.
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You also made a reservoir between the 20
two walls ‘Then it shall be in that day,
For the water of the old pool. That I will call My servant Eliakim the
son of Hilkiah;
But you did not look to its Maker, 21 I will clothe him with your robe
Nor did you have respect for Him who And strengthen him with your belt;
fashioned it long ago.
I will commit your responsibility into
And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts his hand.
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Called for weeping and for mourning, He shall be a father to the inhabitants
For baldness and for girding with of Jerusalem
sackcloth. And to the house of Judah.
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