Isaiah 22 NKJV ISV Parallel

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1The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,

1A message concerning the Valley of Vision. "What troubles you, now that you've all gone up to the rooftops,

2You who are full of noise, A tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.

2you who are full of commotion, you passionate city, you rollicking town? Your slain weren't killed by the sword, nor are they dead in battle.

3All your rulers have fled together; They are captured by the archers. All who are found in you are bound together; They have fled from afar.

3All your leaders have fled together; she is captured without using bows. All of you who were caught were captured together, although they had fled while the enemy was still far away.

4Therefore I said, “Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.”

4Therefore I said: "Look away from me; and let me weep bitter tears; don't try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people."

5For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision— Breaking down the walls And of crying to the mountain.

5For to the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies belongs the day of tumult, trampling, and confusion in the Valley of Vision, and the pulling down of his Temple on its mountain.

6Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen, And Kir uncovered the shield.

6Elam takes up the quiver with chariots and cavalry, while Kir unsheathes the shield.

7It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full of chariots, And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

7And it will come about that your choicest valleys will be filled with chariots, and horsemen will take their positions at the gates.

8He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day to the armor of the House of the Forest;

8He has uncovered the defenses of Judah." At that time, you looked at the arsenal of the Palace of the Forest,

9You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

9and saw that there were many breaches in the City of David. So you stored up water from the Lower Pool,

10You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And the houses you broke down To fortify the wall.

10counted the houses of Jerusalem, tore down certain houses to strengthen the wall,

11You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.

11and built a reservoir between the walls to store water from the Old Pool. But you did not look at the One who did it, nor did you see the One who planned it long ago.

12And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.

12On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.

13But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

13But look! There is joy and festivity, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, you say, because we die tomorrow."

14Then it was revealed in my hearing by the LORD of hosts, “Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you, Even to your death,” says the Lord GOD of hosts.

14"Nevertheless, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has revealed himself to my hearing: '"Surely because of you this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,' says the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies."

15Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: “Go, proceed to this steward, To Shebna, who is over the house, and say:

15This is what the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna who is in charge of the household, and ask him:

16‘What have you here, and whom have you here, That you have hewn a sepulcher here, As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high, Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?

16What are you doing here, and who are your relatives here that you could carve out a grave for yourself here—cutting out a tomb at the choicest location, chiseling out a resting place for yourself out of solid rock?

17Indeed, the LORD will throw you away violently, O mighty man, And will surely seize you.

17Look Out! The LORD is about to hurl you away violently, my strong fellow! He will fold you up completely,

18He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball Into a large country; There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots Shall be the shame of your master’s house.

18rolling you up tightly like a ball and throwing you into a large country. There you will die, and there your splendid chariots will lie. You're a disgrace to your master's house!

19So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position he will pull you down.

19I will depose you from your office, ousting you from your position.

20‘Then it shall be in that day, That I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;

20"At that time, I'll call for my servant, Hilkiah's son Eliakim,

21I will clothe him with your robe And strengthen him with your belt; I will commit your responsibility into his hand. He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem And to the house of Judah.

21and I'll clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him. I'll transfer your authority to him, and he'll be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

22The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; So he shall open, and no one shall shut; And he shall shut, and no one shall open.

22"I'll place on his shoulder the key to the house of David—what he opens, no one will shut, and what he shuts, no one will open.

23I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place, And he will become a glorious throne to his father’s house.

23I'll set him like a peg into a secure place; he will become a throne of honor to his father's house.

24‘They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers.

24The entire reputation of his father's house will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its smaller vessels, from the cups to all the jars.

25In that day,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the LORD has spoken.’ ”

25At that time," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "the peg that was driven into a secure place will give way; it will be sheared and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down." The LORD has spoken.

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