15 My master, Commander-in-chief Yahweh says:

Go to the administrator who’s in charge of Shevna.

16 Ask what right you have to come here to carve yourself a tomb—

chiselling a tomb to rest in, out of the tall cliff?

17 Listen man, Yahweh is about to take firm hold of you,

and he’s about to hurl you away.

18 He’ll swing you round and round like a ball,

tossed out into a wide open land where you’ll die.

Your impressive chariots will be there,

but what a terrible disgrace for your master’s household.

19 I will push you out of your official role,

≈ and he’ll pull you down from your position.

20 Then at that time, I’ll summon my servant Elyakim (Hilkiyah’s son) 21 and I’ll put your robe and sash on him, and give him the authority that you had. He’ll be like a father to those who live in Yerushalem (Jerusalem) and right across Yehudah (Judah). 22 Then I’ll place the key to David’s house on his shoulder and he’ll open the door that no one will be able to shut. Then he’ll shut it, and no one will be able to open it.[ref] 23 I’ll fasten him in, like a peg into something solid, and he’ll become a wonderful throne for his father’s house.

24 Then they’ll hang all the great things from his father’s house onto him—the offspring and descendants from the small containers and cups through to the largest jugs. 25 Commander-in-chief Yahweh declares that at that time, the peg driven into the firm place will give way, and break off and fall, and the burden that was relying on it will fail. Yahweh has spoken.