< Isaiah 22 >

1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?
[the] oracle of [the] valley of Vision what? [is] to you then that you have gone up all of you to the roofs.
2 Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.
Noises - full O city turbulent O town jubilant slain [ones] your not [are] slain of a sword and not [are] dead of battle.
3 All the princes are fled together, and are bound hard: all that were found, are bound together, they are fled far off.
All rulers your they have fled together from a bow they have been captured all found [ones] your they were captured together from a distance they had fled.
4 Therefore have I said: Depart from me, I will weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, for the devastation of the daughter of my people.
There-fore I said look away from me I will show bitterness with weeping may not you insist to comfort me on [the] devastation of [the] daughter of people my.
5 For it is a day of slaughter and of treading down, and of weeping to the Lord the God of hosts in the valley of vision, searching the wall, and magnificent upon the mountain.
For a day of consternation and trampling and confusion [belongs] to [the] Lord Yahweh of hosts in [the] valley of vision a breaking down of a wall and a crying out to the mountain.
6 And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.
And Elam it took up a quiver with chariotry of a man horsemen and Kir it uncovered a shield.
7 And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horseman shall place themselves in the gate.
And it was [the] choicest of valleys your they were full chariotry and the horsemen certainly they took a stand the gate towards.
8 And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.
And he uncovered [the] covering of Judah and you looked in the day that to [the] weaponry of [the] House of the Forest.
9 And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,
And [the] breaches of [the] city of David you saw that they were many and you gathered [the] waters of the pool lower.
10 And have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and broken down houses to fortify the wall.
And [the] houses of Jerusalem you counted and you pulled down the houses to fortify the city wall.
11 And you made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: and you have not looked up to the maker thereof, nor regarded him even at a distance, that wrought it long ago.
And a reservoir - you made between the two walls for [the] water of the pool old and not you looked to [the] [one who] made it and [the] [one who] planned it from distant [time] not you considered.
12 And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
And he called [the] Lord Yahweh of hosts in the day that for weeping and for wailing and for baldness and for girding of sackcloth.
13 And behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.
And there! - joy and gladness they are killing - cattle and they are slaughtering sheep they are eating meat and they are drinking wine we will eat and we will drink for tomorrow we will die.
14 And the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed in my ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till you die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
And he has revealed himself in ears my Yahweh of hosts if it will be atoned for (the iniquity *LA(bh)*) this for you until you will die! he says [the] Lord Yahweh of hosts.
15 Thus saith the Lord God of hosts: Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna who is over the temple: and thou shalt say to him:
Thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh of hosts come go to the steward this to Shebna who [is] over the house.
16 What dost thou here, or as if thou wert somebody here? for thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, thou hast hewed out a monument carefully in a high place, a dwelling for thyself in a rock.
What? [belongs] to you here and who? [belongs] to you here that you have dug out for yourself here a tomb digging out high place tomb his cutting in the rock a dwelling for himself.
17 Behold the Lord will cause thee to be carried away, as a cock is carried away, and he will lift thee up as a garment.
There! Yahweh [is] about to hurl away you hurling O man and [is] about to grasp you completely.
18 He will crown thee with a crown of tribulation, he will toss thee like a ball into a large and spacious country: there shalt thou die, and there shall the chariot of thy glory be, the shame of the house of thy Lord.
Certainly he will wind up you a winding a ball to a land broad of both hands there you will die and there [the] chariots of splendor your [will be] [the] disgrace of [the] house of master your.
19 And I will drive thee out From thy station, and depose thee from thy ministry.
And I will push you from office your and from post your he will tear down you.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliacim the son of Helcias,
And it will be in the day that and I will summon servant my Eliakim [the] son of Hilkiah.
21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and will strengthen him with thy girdle, and will give thy power into his hand: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Juda.
And I will clothe him tunic your and sash your I will make firm on him and authority your I will put in hand his and he will become a father of [the] inhabitant[s] of Jerusalem and of [the] house of Judah.
22 And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open.
And I will put [the] key of [the] house of David on shoulder his and he will open and there not [will be one who] shuts and he will shut and there not [will be one who] opens.
23 And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.
And I will drive him a tent peg in a place firm and he will become a seat of honor for [the] house of father his.
24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, divers kinds of vessels, every little vessel, from the vessels of cups even to every instrument of music.
And they will hang on him all - [the] honor of [the] house of father his the descendants and the offshoot all [the] vessels of the small from [the] vessels of the bowls and unto all [the] vessels of the jars.
25 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the peg be removed, that was fastened in the sure place: and it shall be broken and shall fall: and that which hung thereon, shall perish, because the Lord hath spoken it.
In the day that [the] utterance of Yahweh of hosts it will be removed the tent peg that was driven in a place firm and it will be cut down and it will fall and it will be cut off the burden which [was] on it for Yahweh he has spoken.

< Isaiah 22 >