1 A prophecy against the Valley of Vision:

What troubles you now,

that you have all gone up on the roofs,

2 you town so full of commotion,

you city of tumult and revelry?

Your slain were not killed by the sword,

nor did they die in battle.

1 The burden of the valley of vision.

What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

2 Thou that art full of stirs,

A tumultuous city, a joyous city:

Thy slain men are not slain with the sword,

Nor dead in battle.

1 This message came to me concerning Jerusalem—the Valley of Vision:

What is happening?

Why is everyone running to the rooftops?

2 The whole city is in a terrible uproar.

What do I see in this reveling city?

Bodies are lying everywhere,

killed not in battle but by famine and disease.

1 The burden against the Valley of Vision.

What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,

2 You who are full of noise,

A tumultuous city, a joyous city?

Your slain men are not slain with the sword,

Nor dead in battle.

1 This is a message about the Valley of Vision:

What is wrong with you people?

Why are you on your roofs?

2 This city was a very busy city,

full of noise and wild parties.

Now your people have been killed,

but not with swords,

nor did they die in battle.

1 The burden of the valley of vision.

What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? 2 O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.

1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? 2 Thou that wast full of stir, a town of tumult, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

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. 

1 An oracle against the Valley of Vision:

What’s the matter with you?

Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?

2 The noisy city, the jubilant town,

is filled with revelry.

Your dead did not die by the sword;

they were not killed in battle.

1 The oracle concerning the valley of vision.

What do you mean that you have gone up,

all of you, to the housetops,

2 you that are full of shoutings,

tumultuous city, exultant town?

Your slain are not slain by the sword,

nor are they dead in battle.

1 The oracle of the valley of vision:

What business do you have going up, all of you, to the roofs,

2 noisy, tumultuous city,

exultant town?

Your slain are not slain by the sword,

nor are they dead from battle.

1 Here is a message the Lord gave me about the Valley of Vision.

People of Jerusalem, what’s the matter with you?

Why have all of you gone up on the roofs of your houses?

2 Why is your town so full of noise?

Why is your city so full of the sound of wild parties?

Those among you who died weren’t killed with swords.

They didn’t die in battle.

1 The oracle concerning the valley of vision.

What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

2 You who were full of noise,

You boisterous town, you exultant city;

Your slain were not slain with the sword,

Nor did they die in battle.