Isaiah 22
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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
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An Oracle against Jerusalem
1An oracle # Is 13:1 against the Valley of Vision: # Ps 125:2; Jr 21:13; Jl 3:12,14
What’s the matter with you?
Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops? # Is 15:3
2The noisy city, the jubilant town, # Is 23:7; 32:13
is filled with revelry.
Your dead did not die by the sword;
they were not killed in battle.
3All your rulers have fled together,
captured without a bow.
All your fugitives were captured together;
they had fled far away.
4Therefore I said,
“Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly! # Is 15:3; 33:7; Jr 9:1; Zch 12:10
Do not try to comfort me
about the destruction of my dear # Lit of the daughter of my people.”
5For the Lord God of Hosts
had a day of tumult, trampling, and confusion # Is 10:6; 37:3; 63:3
in the Valley of Vision —
people shouting # Or Vision — a tearing down of a wall, or Vision — Kir raged ; Hb obscure and crying to the mountains;
6Elam took up a quiver
with chariots and horsemen, # Lit chariots of man
and Kir # 2Kg 16:9; Am 1:5; 9:7 uncovered the shield.
7Your best valleys were full of chariots,
and horsemen were positioned at the gates.
8He removed the defenses of Judah.
On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest. # 1Kg 7:2; 10:17 9You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the city of David. # Lk 2:4 You collected water from the lower pool. # 2Kg 20:20; Neh 3:16 10You counted the houses of Jerusalem so that you could tear them down to fortify the wall. 11You made a reservoir between the walls # 2Kg 25:4; Jr 39:4 for the waters of the ancient pool, # 2Kg 20:20; 2Ch 32:3-4 but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider the One who created it long ago.
12On that day the Lord God of Hosts
called for weeping, # Is 32:11; Jl 1:13; 2:17 for wailing, for shaven heads,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
13But look: joy and gladness,
butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine —
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die! ” # Is 56:12; 1Co 15:32
14The Lord of Hosts has directly revealed to me: # Is 5:9
“This sin of yours will never # Lit will not until you die be wiped out.” # 1Sm 3:14; Ezk 24:13
The Lord God of Hosts has spoken.
An Oracle against Shebna
15The Lord God of Hosts said: “Go to Shebna, # 2Kg 18:18,26,37; Is 36:3,11,22; 37:2 that steward who is in charge of the palace, and say to him: 16What are you doing here? Who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here, carving your tomb on the height and cutting a crypt for yourself out of rock? # 2Sm 18:18; 2Ch 16:14; Mt 27:60 17Look, you strong man! The Lord is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you, 18wind you up into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. # Hb obscure There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will be — a disgrace to the house of your lord. 19I will remove you from your office; you will be ousted from your position.
20“On that day I will call for my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. # 2Kg 18:18; Is 36:3,22; 37:2 21I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority into his hand, and he will be like a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the House of Judah. # Gn 45:8; Jb 29:16 22I will place the key # Mt 16:19; Rv 3:7 of the House of David on his shoulder; what he opens, no one can close; what he closes, no one can open. # Jb 12:14 23I will drive him, like a peg, into a firm place. He will be a throne of honor for his father’s house. 24They will hang on him the whole burden of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots — all the small vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar. 25On that day” — the declaration of the Lord of Hosts — “the peg that was driven into a firm place will give way, be cut off, and fall, and the load on it will be destroyed.” Indeed, the Lord has spoken.
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