Isaiah 22 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 A message concerning the Valley of Vision. |What troubles you, now that you've all gone up to the rooftops, The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops, A prophecy against the Valley of Vision: What troubles you now, that you have all gone up on the roofs,
2 you 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. you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle. 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.
3 All 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. All 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. All your leaders have fled together; they have been captured without using the bow. All you who were caught were taken prisoner together, having fled while the enemy was still far away.
4 Therefore 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.| Therefore 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.” Therefore I said, “Turn away from me; let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people.”
5 For 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. For 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. The Lord, the LORD Almighty, has a day of tumult and trampling and terror in the Valley of Vision, a day of battering down walls and of crying out to the mountains.
6 Elam takes up the quiver with chariots and cavalry, while Kir unsheathes the shield. And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. Elam takes up the quiver, with her charioteers and horses; Kir uncovers the shield.
7 And it will come about that your choicest valleys will be filled with chariots, and horsemen will take their positions at the gates. Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates. Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the city gates.
8 He has uncovered the defenses of Judah.| At that time, you looked at the arsenal of the Palace of the Forest, He has taken away the covering of Judah. In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest, The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah, and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest.
9 and saw that there were many breaches in the City of David. So you stored up water from the Lower Pool, and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many. You collected the waters of the lower pool, You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places; you stored up water in the Lower Pool.
10 counted the houses of Jerusalem, tore down certain houses to strengthen the wall, and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. You counted the buildings in Jerusalem and tore down houses to strengthen the wall.
11 and 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. You 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. You built a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the Old Pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or have regard for the One who planned it long ago.
12 On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth. In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth; The Lord, the LORD Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.
13 But 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.| and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” But see, there is joy and revelry, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine! “Let us eat and drink,” you say, “for tomorrow we die!”
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.| 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. 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 GOD of the Heavenly Armies says: |Come, go to this steward, to Shebna who is in charge of the household, and ask him: Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him: 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 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? What 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? 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 chiseling your resting place in the rock?
17 Look Out! The LORD is about to hurl you away violently, my strong fellow! He will fold you up completely, Behold, the LORD will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. He will seize firm hold on you “Beware, the LORD is about to take firm hold of you and hurl you away, you mighty man.
18 rolling 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! and 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. He will roll you up tightly like a ball and throw you into a large country. There you will die and there the chariots you were so proud of will become a disgrace to your master’s house.
19 I will depose you from your office, ousting you from your position. I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your station. I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position.
20 |At that time, I'll call for my servant, Hilkiah's son Eliakim, In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, “In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
21 and 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. and 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. I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah.
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. And 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. I 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.
23 I'll set him like a peg into a secure place; he will become a throne of honor to his father's house. And I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father’s house. I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat of honor for the house of his father.
24 The 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. And 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. All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.
25 At 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. In 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.” “In that day,” declares the LORD Almighty, “the peg driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.” The LORD has spoken.
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