Isaiah 22
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1The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,1This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,
2you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle.2O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
3All your leaders have fled together; without the bow they were captured. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.3All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.
4Therefore I said: “Look away from me; let me weep bitter tears; do not labor to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
5For the Lord GOD of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the valley of vision, a battering down of walls and a shouting to the mountains.5For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
6And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.6Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
7Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.7Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.
8He has taken away the covering of Judah. In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,8He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
9and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many. You collected the waters of the lower pool,9You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
10and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.10You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.
11You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.11You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.
12In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
13and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”13But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14The 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.14The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.
15Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:15This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:
16What have you to do here, and whom have you here, that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock?16What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
17Behold, the LORD will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. He will seize firm hold on you17Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,
18and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be your glorious chariots, you shame of your master’s house.18roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.
19I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your station.19I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.
20In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,20On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
21and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your sash on him, and will commit your authority to his hand. And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.21I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.22I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
23And I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father’s house.23I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.
24And they will hang on him the whole honor of his father’s house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.24So they will hang on him the whole burden of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.
25In that day, declares the LORD of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken.”25In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
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