12. In that day the Lord God of hostscalled for weeping and mourning,for baldness and wearing sackcloth;
13. and behold, joy and gladness,killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,eating flesh and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink,for tomorrow we die.”
14. The Lord of hosts has revealed himself in my ears:“Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die,”says the Lord God of hosts.
15. Thus says the Lord God of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him: