Isaiah 22
22
Vision of Jerusalem’s Catastrophe
1The burden of the Valley of Vision: What is the matter with you now? For you have gone up to the rooftops.
2You were full of noise, a boisterous city, an exultant town? Your dead were not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
3All your rulers have fled together, then captured without a bow. All who were caught were taken into exile together, though they had fled far off.
4Therefore I said, “Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly— don’t try to comfort me about the ruin of the daughter of my people.”
5For my Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot has a day of panic, trampling and confusion— in the Valley of Vision— of tearing down a wall, a catastrophe on the mountain.
6Elam took up the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
7So it will come to pass that your choicest valleys will be full of chariots and horsemen posted at the gate.
8So He will expose Judah’s defense, and in that day you will look for the armor in the Forest House.
9Then you will see the breaches in the walls of the city of David—for they will be many—though you collect the water of the lower pool.
10Though you counted the houses of Jerusalem, you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
11You even made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool—but you did not look to the Maker, or consider the One who planned it long before.
12Now in that day, Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot will call for weeping and wailing, for baldness and putting on sackcloth.
13But instead, there is joy and gladness, slaughtering cattle and killing sheep, meat and drinking wine! “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die!”
14But Adonai-Tzva’ot revealed in my ears: “Surely this sin will not be atoned for until you die,” says my Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot.
15Thus says my Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot: “Go, say to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the house:
16‘What are you doing here, and who are you to be here, that you cut out a grave for yourself, carving out a tomb on the height, chiseling a crypt for yourself in the rock?
17Behold, strong man, Adonai is about to hurl you headlong, and seize you firmly.
18He will roll you up tightly and toss you like a ball into a large country. There you will die, and your glorious chariots will be the shame of your Master’s house.
19I will remove you from your post, and pull you down from your station.
20“In that day I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah.
21I will clothe him in your robe and fasten your sash on him. I will give your authority into his hands, so he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22I will set the key of the house of David upon his shoulder—what he opens, no one can shut; what he shuts, and no one can open.
23I will fasten him as a peg in a firm place, and he will be a throne of honor to his father’s house.
24They will hang all the glory of his father’s house on him—offspring and posterity, all the small vessels, from bowls to all the jars.
25“In that day,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot, “the peg that was fastened in a firm place will give way, break away and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off.” For Adonai has spoken.
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Isaiah 22
22
The Valley of Vision
1The pronouncement concerning the valley of vision:
What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
2You who were full of noise,
You tumultuous town, you jubilant city;
Your dead were not killed with the sword,
Nor #22:2 Lit dead in battledid they die in battle.
3All your rulers have fled together,
And have been captured #22:3 Lit from a bowwithout the bow;
All of you who were found were taken captive together,
# 22:3 As in ancient versions; MT They fled far away Though they had fled far away.
4Therefore I say, “Look away from me,
Let me weep bitterly,
Do not #22:4 Lit insisttry to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
5For the Lord #22:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGod of armies has a day of panic, subjugation, and confusion
In the valley of vision,
A breaking down of walls
And a crying #22:5 Or againstto the mountain.
6Elam picked up the quiver,
With the chariots, #22:6 Lit maninfantry, and horsemen;
And Kir uncovered the shield.
7Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
And the horsemen took positions at the gate.
8And He removed the #22:8 Lit coveringdefense of Judah.
On that day you #22:8 Lit looked todepended on the weapons of the house of the forest,
9And you saw that the breaches
In the wall of the city of David were many;
And you collected the waters of the lower pool.
10Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem
And tore down houses to fortify the wall.
11And you made a reservoir between the two walls
For the waters of the old pool.
But you did not #22:11 Or look to, considerdepend on Him who made it,
Nor did you #22:11 Lit see Himtake into consideration Him who planned it long ago.
12¶Therefore on that day the Lord #22:12 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGod of armies called you to weeping, to wailing,
To shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.
13Instead, there is joy and jubilation,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”
14But the Lord of armies revealed Himself #22:14 Lit in my earsto me:
“Certainly this wrongdoing will not be #22:14 Lit atoned forforgiven you
Until you die,” says the Lord #22:14 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGod of armies.
15This is what the Lord #22:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGod of armies says:
“Come, go to this steward,
To Shebna who is in charge of the royal household,
16‘What right do you have here,
And whom do you have here,
That you have cut out a tomb for yourself here,
You who cut out a tomb on the height,
You who carve a resting place for #22:16 Lit himselfyourself in the rock?
17‘Behold, the Lord is about to hurl you violently, you strong man.
And He is about to grasp you firmly
18 And wrap you up tightly like a ball,
To be driven into a vast country;
There you will die,
And there your splendid chariots will be,
You shame of your master’s house!’
19“I will depose you from your office,
And #22:19 As in many ancient versions; MT HeI will pull you down from your position.
20“Then it will come about on that day,
That I will summon My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
21And I will clothe him with your tunic
And tie your sash securely around him.
I will hand your #22:21 Lit dominionauthority over to him,
And he will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22“Then I will put the key of the house of David on his shoulder;
When he opens, no one will shut,
When he shuts, no one will open.
23“I will drive him like a peg in a firm place,
And he will become a throne of glory to his father’s house.
24So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the #22:24 Or perhaps, leafdescendants, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars. 25On that day,” declares the Lord of armies, “the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and the load that is hanging on it will be cut off, for the Lord has spoken.”
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