14 The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: ‘Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for,’ says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

15 This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

‘Go, say to this steward,
    to Shebna the palace administrator:
16 what are you doing here and who gave you permission
    to cut out a grave for yourself here,
hewing your grave on the height
    and chiselling your resting-place in the rock?

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