1The prophecy concerning the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, That all thine inhabitants are gone up to the house-tops?

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Jeremiah 21:13, Jeremiah 21:13, Psalms 125:2, Psalms 125:2, Isaiah 15:3

2Thou that wast full of noise, A tumultuous city, a joyous city! Thy slain fall not by the sword; They are not slain in battle.

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Isaiah 32:13, Isaiah 32:13, Jeremiah 14:18, Lamentations 2:20, Isaiah 23:7

3All thy leaders flee together, By the bowmen are they bound; All found within thee are made captive together, Even they who have fled from afar.

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Jeremiah 39:4, Jeremiah 39:7, Jeremiah 52:24, Jeremiah 52:27, 2 Kings 25:18

4Therefore, say I, look away from me, that I may weep bitterly; Strive not to comfort me for the desolation of the daughter of my people!

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Jeremiah 9:1, Jeremiah 9:1, Matthew 2:18, Matthew 2:18, Psalms 77:2

5For a day of trouble, of desolation, and of perplexity cometh From the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision. They break down the walls; The cry reacheth to the mountains.

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Luke 23:30, Micah 7:4, Lamentations 1:5, Isaiah 37:3, Isaiah 10:6

6Elam beareth the quiver, With chariots full of men, and with horsemen; Kir uncovereth the shield.

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2 Kings 16:9, 2 Kings 16:9, Isaiah 21:2, Isaiah 21:2, Amos 1:5

7Thy fairest valleys, [O Jerusalem,] are full of chariots; The horsemen set themselves in array against the gate;

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Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:8, Jeremiah 39:1, Jeremiah 39:3, Isaiah 10:28

8The veil of Judah is torn from her. But in such a day ye look to the armor of the house of the forest;

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1 Kings 10:17, 1 Kings 7:2, 1 Kings 10:17, 1 Kings 7:2, Song of Solomon 4:4

9Ye mark how many are the breaches of the city of David, And collect the waters of the lower pool;

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2 Kings 20:20, 2 Kings 20:20, 2 Chronicles 32:30, 2 Chronicles 32:1, 2 Chronicles 32:6

10Ye number the houses of Jerusalem, And ye break down the houses to prepare the wall;

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11Ye make a reservoir between the two walls for the waters of the old pool; But ye look not to Him who hath done this; Ye regard not Him that hath prepared this from afar.

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Micah 7:7, Micah 7:7, Jeremiah 33:2, Jeremiah 33:3, Jeremiah 33:2

12The Lord, Jehovah of hosts, calleth you this day To weeping and to lamentation, To baldness and to girding with sackcloth.

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Joel 1:13, Micah 1:16, Joel 2:17, Joel 1:13, Micah 1:16

13But, behold, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating flesh and drinking wine! "Let us eat and drink, For to-morrow we die!"

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Isaiah 56:12, Isaiah 56:12, 1 Corinthians 15:32, Luke 17:26, Luke 17:29

14Therefore it hath been revealed in my ears by Jehovah of hosts; "This iniquity shall not be forgiven you, till ye die," Saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

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Ezekiel 24:13, Ezekiel 24:13, Isaiah 5:9, 1 Samuel 3:14, Isaiah 5:9

15Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts: Go in to this steward, To Shebna, who is over the household, and say,

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Isaiah 36:3, Isaiah 36:3, 2 Kings 18:18, 2 Kings 18:18, 2 Kings 18:37

16What hast thou here, and whom hast thou here, That thou here hewest thee out a sepulchre,—That thou hewest out thy sepulchre on high, And gravest out a habitation for thyself in the rock?

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Matthew 27:60, Matthew 27:60, 2 Chronicles 16:14, 2 Samuel 18:18, 2 Chronicles 16:14

17Behold, Jehovah will cast thee headlong with a mighty thrust;

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Jeremiah 14:3, Jeremiah 14:3, Esther 7:8, Job 9:24, Esther 7:8

18He will violently roll thee together like a ball; Like a ball will he hurl thee into a wide country. There shalt thou die; And there shall be thy splendid chariots, Thou disgrace of the house of thy lord!

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Isaiah 17:13, Isaiah 17:13, Amos 7:17, Amos 7:17

19I will drive thee from thy post, And from thy station I will pull thee down.

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Ezekiel 17:24, Ezekiel 17:24, Luke 1:52, Job 40:11, Job 40:12

20In that day I will call my servant, Even Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah;

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Isaiah 36:3, 2 Kings 18:18, Isaiah 36:3, 2 Kings 18:18, Isaiah 37:2

21I will clothe him with thy robe, And bind thy girdle around him; Thy government will I commit to his hand, And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, And to the house of Judah.

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Genesis 45:8, Genesis 45:8, Esther 8:2, Esther 8:15, Genesis 41:42

22I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder; He shall open, and none shall shut, And he shall shut, and none shall open.

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Matthew 16:18, Matthew 16:19, Matthew 16:18, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7

23I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, And he shall be a glorious seat for his father’s house.

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Job 36:7, Ezra 9:8, Job 36:7, Ezra 9:8, Zechariah 10:4

24Upon him shall hang all the glory of his father’s house, The offspring and the offshoots; Every small vessel, from the goblet even to all the pitchers.

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Matthew 28:18, 2 Timothy 2:20, 2 Timothy 2:21, John 5:22, John 5:27

25In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, The peg that was once fastened in a sure place shall be moved; It shall be cut down, and fall, And the burden which was upon it shall come to the ground. For Jehovah hath said it.

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Isaiah 46:11, Isaiah 46:11, Isaiah 22:23, Esther 9:24, Esther 9:25