Isaiah 22

A Warning of Destruction of Jerusalem

1 # Isa 13.1; 15.3; Joel 3.12, 14 The oracle concerning the valley of vision.

What has happened that you have gone up,

all of you, to the housetops,

2 # Isa 32.13; Jer 14.18; Lam 2.20 city full of shouting,

tumultuous city, panic-stricken town?

Your slain are not slain by the sword,

nor are they dead in battle.

3 # Isa 21.15 Your rulers have all fled together;

they were captured without the use of a bow.#22.3 Or without their bows

All of your people who were found were captured,

though they had fled far away.#22.3 Gk Syr Vg: Heb fled from far away

4 # Isa 15.3; Jer 4.19; 9.1 Therefore I said:

“Look away from me;

let me weep bitter tears;

do not try to comfort me

for the destruction of my beloved people.”

5 # v 1 ; Isa 37.3; 63.3; Lam 1.5; 2.2For 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 cry for help to the mountains.

6 # 2 Kings 16.9; Jer 49.35 Elam bore the quiver

with chariots and cavalry,#22.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain

and Kir uncovered the shield.

7 # 2 Chr 32.1 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots,

and the cavalry took their stand at the gates. 8#1 Kings 7.2; 10.17; 2 Chr 32.3–5, 30He has taken away the covering of Judah.

On that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest, 9#Neh 3.16and you saw that there were many breaches in the city of David, and you collected the waters of the lower pool. 10You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. 11#2 Kings 20.20; 25.4; 2 Chr 32.3, 4; Isa 37.26You 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 have regard for him who planned it long ago.

12 # Isa 15.2; Joel 1.13; Mic 1.16 On that day the Lord God of hosts

called for weeping and mourning,

for baldness and putting on sackcloth,

13 # Isa 5.11, 22; 56.12; 1 Cor 15.32 but instead there was joy and festivity,

killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,

eating meat and drinking wine.

“Let us eat and drink,

for tomorrow we die.”

14 # Isa 5.9; 65.7, 20 The Lord of hosts has revealed himself in my ears:

“Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,”

says the Lord God of hosts.

Denunciation of Self-Seeking Officials

15 # 2 Kings 18.37; Isa 36.3 Thus says the Lord God of hosts: “Go to the steward Shebna, who is master of the household, and say to him: 16#2 Sam 18.18; 2 Chr 16.14; Mt 27.60What right do you have here? Who are your relatives here, that you have cut out a tomb here for yourself, cutting a tomb#22.16 Gk Vg: Heb his tomb on the height and carving a habitation for yourself#22.16 Gk Vg: Heb himself in the rock? 17The Lord is about to hurl you away violently, my fellow. He will seize firm hold on you, 18#Job 18.18; Isa 17.13whirl you round and round, and throw you like a ball into a wide land; there you shall die, and there your splendid chariots shall lie, O you disgrace to your master’s house! 19I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your post.

20 # 2 Kings 18.18; Isa 36.3 “On that day I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah 21and will clothe him with your robe and bind your sash on him. I will commit your authority to his hand, and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. 22#Job 12.14; Isa 7.2, 13; Rev 3.7I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and no one shall shut; he shall shut, and no one shall open. 23#Ezra 9.8; Job 36.7I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his ancestral house. 24And they will hang on him the whole weight of his ancestral house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons. 25#v 23; Isa 46.11; Mic 4.4On that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way; it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will perish, for the Lord has spoken.”

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Isaiah 22

The Valley of Vision

1The [mournful, inspired] oracle (#I.e. an urgent message the prophet is under compulsion to proclaim.a burden to be carried) concerning the Valley of Vision:

What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,

2You [Jerusalem] who were full of noise,

A tumultuous city, a joyous and exuberant city;

Your slain were not slain [in a glorious death] with the sword,

Nor did they die in battle.

3All your leaders have fled together [with your king],

And have been captured without the bow [which they had thrown away];

All of you who were found were taken captive together,

Though they had fled far away.

4Therefore I say, “Look away from me;

Let me weep bitterly.

Do not try to comfort me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

5For the Lord God of hosts has a day of panic and of tumult, of trampling, of confusion

In the Valley of Vision,

A [day of] breaking down walls

And a crying [for help] to the mountain.

6Elam took up the quiver

With the chariots, infantry and horsemen;

And Kir uncovered the shield.

7And it came to pass that your choicest valleys were full of chariots,

And the horsemen took their fixed positions [in an offensive array] at the gate [of Jerusalem].

8Then God removed the [protective] covering of Judah;

And in that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest (Solomon’s armory).

9You saw that the breaches

In the wall of the City of David [the citadel of Zion] were many;

You collected [within the city’s walls] the waters of the Lower Pool (Siloam).

10Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem

And you tore down the houses [to get materials] to fortify the city wall [by extending it].

11You also made a reservoir between the two walls

For the waters of the #Perhaps a reference to the Gihon Spring, also called the Upper Pool.Old Pool,

But you did not look to its Maker,

Nor did you recognize Him who planned it long ago.

12Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning,

To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].

13Instead, there is joy and jubilation,

Killing of oxen and slaughtering of sheep,

Eating meat and drinking wine, saying,

“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

14But the Lord of hosts revealed Himself in my ears,

“This sin absolutely will not be forgiven you

Until you die,” says the Lord God of hosts.

15For the Lord God of hosts says this, “Go to this [contemptible] steward,

To #Shebna would have been second in command to King Hezekiah before being deposed from steward (administrator) to the position of scribe (36:3).Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household [but is building himself a tomb worthy of a king, and say to him],

16‘What business do you have here?

And whom do you have here,

That you have hewn out a tomb here for yourself,

You who hew a sepulcher on the height,

You who carve a resting place for yourself in the rock?

17Listen carefully, the Lord is about to hurl you away violently, O man;

And He is about to grasp you firmly

18And roll you up tightly like a ball

And toss you into a vast country;

There you will die

And there your splendid chariots will be,

You shame of your master’s house.’

19I will depose you from your office,

And you will be pulled down from your position [of importance].

20Then it will come to pass in that day

That I will summon My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah.

21And I will clothe him with your tunic [of distinction]

And tie your sash securely around him.

I will entrust him with your authority;

He will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

22Then I will set on his shoulder the key of the house of David;

When he opens no one will shut,

When he shuts no one will open.

23I will drive him like a peg in a firm place,

And he will become a throne of honor and glory to his father’s house.

24So they will hang on him all the honor and glory [the complete responsibility] of his father’s house, offspring and issue [of the family, high and low], all the least of the articles, from the bowls to all the jars. 25In that day,” declares the Lord of hosts, “the peg (Eliakim) that was driven into the firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and the burden hanging on it will be cut off, for the Lord has spoken.”

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