1I received this message from Yahweh about Jerusalem, about the valley where Yahweh showed me this vision.
2Everyone in the city seems to be shouting.
3All the leaders of the city fled.
4That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone;
5The Commander of the armies of angels has chosen a time when there will be a great uproar, soldiers marching, and people being terrified
6The armies from Elam and Kir in Media will attack,
7Our beautiful valleys will be filled with our enemies’ chariots
8The walls that protect the cities in Judah will fall down.
9You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem.
10You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem,
11Between the walls of the city you will build a reservoir to store water from the old pool.
12The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn;
13But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating;
14So the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”
15The Commander of the armies of angels said this to me: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:
16'Who do you think you are?
17You think that you are [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away.
18and roll/crumple you into a ball
19Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace;
20Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me well, to replace you.
21I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and all the other towns in Judah.
22I will give to him authority [MTY] over what happens in the palace where King David lived; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.
23I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position as supervisor of the workers in the palace, like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
24Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.' ”
25But the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “Shebna is like [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will remove him from his position; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.”