τὸ ῥῆμα τῆς φάραγγος Σιων τί ἐγένετό σοι νῦν ὅτι ἀνέβητε πάντες εἰς δώματα
The word concerning the valley of Zion: what has happened to you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
Word-by-word analysis· 14 words
μάταια ἐνεπλήσθη ἡ πόλις βοώντων οἱ τραυματίαι σου οὐ τραυματίαι μαχαίρας οὐδὲ οἱ νεκροί σου νεκροὶ πολέμου
The city was filled with vain shouting; your wounded are not wounded by the sword, nor are your dead dead in battle.
Word-by-word analysis· 17 words
πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντές σου πεφεύγασιν καὶ οἱ ἁλόντες σκληρῶς δεδεμένοι εἰσίν καὶ οἱ ἰσχύοντες ἐν σοὶ πόρρω πεφεύγασιν
All your rulers have fled, and those captured are bound harshly, and the strong among you have fled far away.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
διὰ τοῦτο εἶπα ἄφετέ με πικρῶς κλαύσομαι μὴ κατισχύσητε παρακαλεῖν με ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ γένους μου
Therefore I said, ‘Leave me alone; I will weep bitterly. Do not press on to comfort me over the crushing of the daughter of my people.’
Word-by-word analysis· 19 words
ὅτι ἡμέρα ταραχῆς καὶ ἀπωλείας καὶ καταπατήματος καὶ πλάνησις παρὰ κυρίου σαβαωθ ἐν φάραγγι Σιων πλανῶνται ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου πλανῶνται ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη
For it is a day of turmoil and destruction and trampling and confusion from the Lord of hosts in the valley of Zion; they wander from small to great, they wander upon the mountains.
Word-by-word analysis· 24 words
οἱ δὲ Αιλαμῖται ἔλαβον φαρέτρας ἀναβάται ἄνθρωποι ἐφ' ἵπποις καὶ συναγωγὴ παρατάξεως
And the Elamites took quivers, riders, men on horses, and an assembled battle line.
Word-by-word analysis· 12 words
καὶ ἔσονται αἱ ἐκλεκταὶ φάραγγές σου πλησθήσονται ἁρμάτων οἱ δὲ ἱππεῖς ἐμφράξουσι τὰς πύλας σου
And your chosen valleys will be filled with chariots, and the horsemen will block up your gates.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
καὶ ἀνακαλύψουσιν τὰς πύλας Ιουδα καὶ ἐμβλέψονται τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ εἰς τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς οἴκους τῆς πόλεως
And they will uncover the gates of Judah, and in that day they will look toward the chosen houses of the city.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
καὶ ἀνακαλύψουσιν τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν οἴκων τῆς ἄκρας Δαυιδ καὶ εἴδοσαν ὅτι πλείους εἰσὶν καὶ ὅτι ἀπέστρεψαν τὸ ὕδωρ τῆς ἀρχαίας κολυμβήθρας εἰς τὴν πόλιν
And they will uncover the hidden places of the citadel of David, and they saw that they were many, and that they diverted the water of the old pool into the city.
Word-by-word analysis· 25 words
καὶ ὅτι καθείλοσαν τοὺς οἴκους Ιερουσαλημ εἰς ὀχύρωμα τοῦ τείχους τῇ πόλει
And they pulled down the houses of Jerusalem for a fortification of the wall for the city.
Word-by-word analysis· 12 words
καὶ ἐποιήσατε ἑαυτοῖς ὕδωρ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο τειχέων ἐσώτερον τῆς κολυμβήθρας τῆς ἀρχαίας καὶ οὐκ ἐνεβλέψατε εἰς τὸν ἀπ' ἀρχῆς ποιήσαντα αὐτὴν καὶ τὸν κτίσαντα αὐτὴν οὐκ εἴδετε
And you made water for yourselves between the two walls, inside the old pool, but you did not look to the one who made it from the beginning, and you did not see the one who fashioned it.
Word-by-word analysis· 29 words
καὶ ἐκάλεσεν κύριος σαβαωθ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ κλαυθμὸν καὶ κοπετὸν καὶ ξύρησιν καὶ ζῶσιν σάκκων
And the Lord of hosts called in that day for weeping and lamentation and shaving and the wearing of sackcloth.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐποιήσαντο εὐφροσύνην καὶ ἀγαλλίαμα σφάζοντες μόσχους καὶ θύοντες πρόβατα ὥστε φαγεῖν κρέα καὶ πιεῖν οἶνον λέγοντες φάγωμεν καὶ πίωμεν αὔριον γὰρ ἀποθνῄσκομεν
But they made gladness and rejoicing, slaughtering calves and sacrificing sheep so as to eat meat and drink wine, saying, ‘Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.’
Word-by-word analysis· 24 words
καὶ ἀνακεκαλυμμένα ταῦτά ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶν κυρίου σαβαωθ ὅτι οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται ὑμῖν αὕτη ἡ ἁμαρτία ἕως ἂν ἀποθάνητε
And these things have been revealed in the ears of the Lord of hosts: this sin will surely not be forgiven you until you die.
Word-by-word analysis· 19 words
τάδε λέγει κύριος σαβαωθ πορεύου εἰς τὸ παστοφόριον πρὸς Σομναν τὸν ταμίαν καὶ εἰπὸν αὐτῷ
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Go into the chamber to Somnas the steward, and say to him,
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
τί σὺ ὧδε καὶ τί σοί ἐστιν ὧδε ὅτι ἐλατόμησας σεαυτῷ ὧδε μνημεῖον καὶ ἐποίησας σεαυτῷ ἐν ὑψηλῷ μνημεῖον καὶ ἔγραψας σεαυτῷ ἐν πέτρᾳ σκηνήν
What are you doing here, and what is yours here, that you have cut out a tomb here for yourself and made for yourself a tomb on high and carved for yourself a chamber in the rock?
Word-by-word analysis· 25 words
ἰδοὺ δὴ κύριος σαβαωθ ἐκβαλεῖ καὶ ἐκτρίψει ἄνδρα καὶ ἀφελεῖ τὴν στολήν σου
Behold now, the Lord of hosts will cast out and crush a man, and he will strip away your robe.
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
καὶ τὸν στέφανόν σου τὸν ἔνδοξον καὶ ῥίψει σε εἰς χώραν μεγάλην καὶ ἀμέτρητον καὶ ἐκεῖ ἀποθανῇ καὶ θήσει τὸ ἅρμα σου τὸ καλὸν εἰς ἀτιμίαν καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ἄρχοντός σου εἰς καταπάτημα
And he will cast your splendid crown into a great and immeasurable land, and there you will die, and he will make your fine chariot a disgrace and your lord’s house a trampling.
Word-by-word analysis· 34 words
καὶ ἀφαιρεθήσῃ ἐκ τῆς οἰκονομίας σου καὶ ἐκ τῆς στάσεώς σου
And you will be removed from your stewardship and from your station.
Word-by-word analysis· 11 words
καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καλέσω τὸν παῖδά μου Ελιακιμ τὸν τοῦ Χελκιου
And it shall be in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
Word-by-word analysis· 14 words
καὶ ἐνδύσω αὐτὸν τὴν στολήν σου καὶ τὸν στέφανόν σου δώσω αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ κράτος καὶ τὴν οἰκονομίαν σου δώσω εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔσται ὡς πατὴρ τοῖς ἐνοικοῦσιν ἐν Ιερουσαλημ καὶ τοῖς ἐνοικοῦσιν ἐν Ιουδα
And I will clothe him with your robe, and I will give him your crown, and your power and your stewardship I will put into his hands, and he shall be like a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the inhabitants of Judah.
Word-by-word analysis· 37 words
καὶ δώσω τὴν δόξαν Δαυιδ αὐτῷ καὶ ἄρξει καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἀντιλέγων
And I will give him the glory of David, and he shall rule, and there shall be no one who speaks against him.
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
καὶ στήσω αὐτὸν ἄρχοντα ἐν τόπῳ πιστῷ καὶ ἔσται εἰς θρόνον δόξης τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ
And I will establish him as ruler in a faithful place, and he shall be for a glorious throne of his father’s house.
Word-by-word analysis· 17 words
καὶ ἔσται πεποιθὼς ἐπ' αὐτὸν πᾶς ἔνδοξος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου καὶ ἔσονται ἐπικρεμάμενοι αὐτῷ
And every honored one in his father’s house will trust in him, from the least to the greatest, and they will hang upon him.
Word-by-word analysis· 21 words
ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τάδε λέγει κύριος σαβαωθ κινηθήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ ἐστηριγμένος ἐν τόπῳ πιστῷ καὶ πεσεῖται καὶ ἀφαιρεθήσεται ἡ δόξα ἡ ἐπ' αὐτόν ὅτι κύριος ἐλάλησεν
In that day, thus says the Lord of hosts, the man fixed in a faithful place will be moved and will fall, and the glory upon him will be taken away, because the Lord has spoken.