1 This is the divine revelation about the valley of Vision.What’s the matter with you?Why do all of you go up on the roofs?
2 You are a city filled with shouting,a town filled with noise and excitement.Your people weren’t killed with swords.Your dead didn’t die in battle.
3 All your leaders fled togetherand were captured without their bows and arrows.All those who were found were taken prisonerbefore any of them could get far away.
4 That is why I say,“Turn away from meso that I can cry bitterly.Don’t try to comfort mebecause of the destruction brought on my people.”
5 The Almighty Lord of Armies has chosen a special day.It will be a day of confusion and tramplingin the valley of Vision,⌊a day of⌋ tearing down walls and crying for helpin the mountains.
6 Elam takes its quiver of arrows,manned chariots, and horsemen.Kir uncovers its shields.
7 Then your fertile valleys will be filled with chariots,and horsemen will stand ready in front of the gate.