⁸ The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah,
    and you looked in that day^(A)
    to the weapons^(B) in the Palace of the Forest.^(C)
9 You saw that the walls of the City of David
    were broken through^(D) in many places;
you stored up water
    in the Lower Pool.^(E)
10 You counted the buildings in Jerusalem
    and tore down houses^(F) to strengthen the wall.^(G)
11 You built a reservoir between the two walls^(H)
    for the water of the Old Pool,^(I)
but you did not look to the One who made it,
    or have regard^(J) for the One who planned^(K) it long ago.

¹² The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    called you on that day^(L)
to weep^(M) and to wail,
    to tear out your hair^(N) and put on sackcloth.^(O)
13 But see, there is joy and revelry,^(P)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!^(Q)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”^(R)

“Go, say to this steward,
    to Shebna^(U) the palace^(V) administrator:^(W)
16 What are you doing here and who gave you permission
    to cut out a grave^(X) for yourself^(Y) here,
hewing your grave on the height
    and chiseling your resting place in the rock?

¹⁷ “Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you
    and hurl^(Z) you away, you mighty man.
¹⁸ He will roll you up tightly like a ball
    and throw^(AA) you into a large country.
There you will die
    and there the chariots^(AB) you were so proud of
    will become a disgrace to your master’s house.
¹⁹ I will depose you from your office,
    and you will be ousted^(AC) from your position.^(AD)