Isaiah 22:7-25 ▼

7 Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.

8 He has uncovered the defenses of Judah (praised). On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

9 You⁺ saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David (beloved). You⁺ collected water from the lower pool.

10 You⁺ counted the houses of Jerusalem (city of peace) and tore them down to strengthen the wall.

11 You⁺ 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.

12 On that day the Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH} of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

13 But 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 <1Co 15:32>!”

14 The LORD {YHWH} of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your⁺ dying day, this sin of yours⁺ will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH} of Hosts.

15 This is what the Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH} of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna (vigor), the steward in charge of the palace:

16 What 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?

17 Look, O mighty man! The LORD {YHWH} is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,

18 roll 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.

19 I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.

20 On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim (GGod sets up) son of Hilkiah (my portion is YHWH).

21 I 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 (city of peace) and to the house of Judah (praised).

22 I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David (beloved). What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open .

23 I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.

24 So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.

25 In that day, declares the LORD {YHWH} of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load (burden) upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.