9 You inspect the breaks in the walls of Jerusalem.You store up water in the lower pool.
10 You survey the houses and tear some downfor stone to strengthen the walls.
11 Between the city walls, you build a reservoirfor water from the old pool.But you never ask for help from the One who did all this.You never considered the One who planned this long ago.
12 At that time the Lord, the lord of Heaven’s Armies,called you to weep and mourn.He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sinsand to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.
13 But instead, you dance and play;you slaughter cattle and kill sheep.You feast on meat and drink wine.You say, “Let’s feast and drink,for tomorrow we die!”
14 The lord of Heaven’s Armies has revealed this to me: “Till the day you die, you will never be forgiven for this sin.” That is the judgment of the Lord, the lord of Heaven’s Armies.
15 This is what the Lord, the lord of Heaven’s Armies, said to me: “Confront Shebna, the palace administrator, and give him this message: