Isaiah 22
22
An Oracle Concerning Jerusalem
1The #See ch. 13:1 oracle concerning #ver. 5; Jer. 21:13; [Joel 3:12, 14]the valley of vision.
What do you mean that you have gone up,
all of you, to the housetops,
2you who are full of shoutings,
tumultuous city, #ch. 32:13 exultant town?
Your slain are #Lam. 4:9not slain with the sword
or dead in battle.
3 # [ch. 1:10] All your leaders have fled together;
without the bow they were captured.
All of you who were found were captured,
though they had fled far away.
4Therefore I said:
“Look away from me;
#
Jer. 9:1; Mic. 1:8 let me weep bitter tears;
do not labor to comfort me
concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
5 # ch. 2:12-17 For the Lord God of hosts has #[ch. 37:3] a day
of tumult and #ch. 10:6; 18:2 trampling and #Mic. 7:4 confusion
in #[See ver. 1 above]the valley of vision,
a battering down of walls
and a shouting to the mountains.
6And #See ch. 11:11 Elam bore the quiver
with chariots and horsemen,
and #2 Kgs. 16:9Kir uncovered the shield.
7Your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.
8He has taken away #ch. 30:1 the covering of Judah.
In that day you looked to #1 Kgs. 10:17the weapons of the House of the Forest, 9and you saw that #ver. 5, 10; [2 Chr. 32:5] the breaches of the city of David were many. #[Neh. 3:16]You collected the waters of the lower pool, 10and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. 11#[See ver. 9 above] You made a reservoir between #[2 Kgs. 25:4] the two walls for the water of #[ch. 7:3; 2 Kgs. 20:20; 2 Chr. 32:3, 4] the old pool. But #[ch. 5:12]you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.
12In that day #[Joel 2:17] the Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for #See ch. 3:24 baldness and #See 2 Sam. 3:31wearing sackcloth;
13and behold, joy and gladness,
killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
eating flesh and drinking wine.
# ch. 56:12; Cited 1 Cor. 15:32 “Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”
14The Lord of hosts #ch. 5:9 has revealed himself in my ears:
“Surely #[ch. 27:9; 1 Sam. 3:14] this iniquity will not be atoned for you #[ver. 13]until you die,”
says the Lord God of hosts.
15Thus says the Lord God of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, to #ch. 36:3, 11, 22; 37:2; 2 Kgs. 18:18, 26, 37; 19:2Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him: 16What have you to do here, and whom have you here, #2 Chr. 16:14 that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you #Matt. 27:60who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock? 17Behold, the Lord will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. #[Dan. 3:21]He will seize firm hold on you 18and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be #[ch. 36:9]your glorious chariots, you shame of your master’s house. 19#[ver. 25]I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your station. 20In that day I will call my servant #ch. 36:3; 37:2; 2 Kgs. 18:18, 26, 37; 19:2Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, 21and #[See ver. 20 above] I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your sash on him, and will commit your authority to his hand. And he shall be #Gen. 45:8a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. 22And I will place #ch. 9:6 on his shoulder #Rev. 3:7 the key of the house of David. #[Job 12:14]He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 23And I will fasten him #[ch. 33:20; 54:2; Eccles. 12:11] like a peg in a secure place, and he will become #[Rev. 3:21]a throne of honor to his father’s house. 24And they will hang on him the whole honor of his father’s house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons. 25In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, #[See ver. 23 above]the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off, for the Lord has spoken.”
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Isaiah 22
22
Trouble in Vision Valley
1This is a message about Vision Valley:#22.1 Vision Valley: The exact location is not known. In Hebrew the name sounds something like “Hinnom Valley,” where the people of Jerusalem sometimes offered human sacrifices to the gods of Canaan.
Why are you celebrating
on the flat roofs#22.1 flat roofs: In Palestine the houses usually had a flat roof. Stairs on the outside led up to the roof, which was made of beams and boards covered with packed earth.
of your houses?
2Your city is filled
with noisy shouts.
Those who lie drunk
in your streets
were not killed in battle.
3Your leaders ran away,
but they were captured
without a fight.
No matter how far they ran,
they were found and caught.#22.3 No matter … caught: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
4Then I said, “Leave me alone!
Let me cry bitter tears.
My people have been destroyed,
so don't try to comfort me.”
5The Lord All-Powerful
had chosen a time
for noisy shouts and confusion
to fill Vision Valley,
and for everyone to beg
the mountains for help.#22.5 and for … help: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
6The people of Elam and Kir#22.6 Elam and Kir: Regions in the Iranian highlands.
attacked with chariots#22.6 chariots: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
and carried shields.
7Your most beautiful valleys
were covered with chariots;
your cities were surrounded
by cavalry troops.
8Judah was left defenseless.
At that time you trusted in the weapons you had stored in Forest Palace.#22.8 Forest Palace: Built by Solomon (1 Kings 7.2) and used as a place for storing weapons. 9You saw the holes in the outer wall of Jerusalem, and you brought water from the lower pool.#22.9 the lower pool: Mentioned only here; probably in the southern part of the Central Valley (Tyropoean Valley) of Jerusalem. 10You counted the houses in Jerusalem and tore down some of them, so you could get stones to repair the city wall. 11Then you built a large tank between the walls#22.11 between the walls: Some cities had two walls with a space between them. If the enemy broke through the outer wall, the city was still protected by the inner wall. The houses that were torn down to repair the outer wall were probably squatters' huts that had been built between the two walls. to store the water. But you refused to trust the God who planned this long ago and made it happen.
A Time To Weep
12When all of this happened,
the Lord All-Powerful told you
to weep and mourn,
to shave your heads,
and wear sackcloth.
13 #
1 Co 15.32. But instead, you celebrated
by feasting on beef and lamb
and by drinking wine,
because you said,
“Let's eat and drink today!
Tomorrow we may die.”
14The Lord All-Powerful
has spoken to me
this solemn promise:
“I won't forgive them for this,
not as long as they live.”
Selfish Officials Are Doomed
15The Lord All-Powerful is sending me with this message for Shebna, the prime minister:
16Shebna, what gives you the right to have a tomb carved out of rock in this burial place of royalty? None of your relatives are buried here. 17You may be powerful, but the Lord is about to snatch you up and throw you away. 18He will roll you into a ball and throw you into a wide open country, where you will die and your chariots will be destroyed. You're a disgrace to those you serve.
19The Lord is going to take away your job! 20-21He will give your official robes and your authority to his servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
Eliakim will be like a father to the people of Jerusalem and to the royal family of Judah. 22#Rev 3.7. The Lord will put him in charge of the key that belongs to King David's family. No one will be able to unlock what he locks, and no one will be able to lock what he unlocks. 23The Lord will make him as firm in his position as a tent peg hammered in the ground, and Eliakim will bring honor to his family.
24His children and relatives will be supported by him, like pans hanging from a peg on the wall. 25That peg is fastened firmly now, but someday it will be shaken loose and fall down. Then everything that was hanging on it will be destroyed. This is what the Lord All-Powerful has promised.
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