Isaiah 22:1-10 ▼

1 The burden concerning the Valley of Vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops,

2 Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town? Thy slain are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

3 All thy rulers are fled together, Without the bow they are bound; All that are found of thee are bound together, they are fled afar off.

4 Therefore said I: 'Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Strain not to comfort me, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.'

5 For it is a day of trouble, and of trampling, and of perplexity, From the Lord, the GOD of hosts, in the Valley of Vision; Kir shouting, and Shoa at the mount.

6 And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield.

7 And it came to pass, when thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate,

8 And the covering of Judah was laid bare, that thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest.

9 And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

10 And ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye broke down the houses to fortify the wall;