Isaiah 22

1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee nowe that thou art wholy gone vp vnto the house toppes?

This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

2 Thou that art full of noise, a citie full of brute, a ioyous citie: thy slaine men shall not bee slaine with sworde, nor die in battell.

O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.

3 All thy princes shall flee together from the bowe: they shalbe bound: all that shall be found in thee, shall be bound together, which haue fled from farre.

All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.

4 Therefore said I, Turne away from me: I wil weepe bitterly: labour not to comfort mee for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

5 For it is a day of trouble, and of ruine, and of perplexitie by the Lord God of hostes in the valley of vision, breaking downe the citie: and a crying vnto the mountaines.

For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

6 And Elam bare the quiuer in a mans charet with horsemen, and Kir vncouered the shield.

Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.

7 And thy chiefe valleis were full of charets, and the horsemen set themselues in aray against the gate.

Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.

8 And hee discouered the couering of Iudah: and thou didest looke in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

9 And ye haue seene the breaches of the citie of Dauid: for they were many, and ye gathered the waters of the lower poole.

You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

10 And yee nombred the houses of Ierusalem, and the houses haue yee broken downe to fortifie the wall,

You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.

11 And haue also made a ditche betweene the two walles, for the waters of the olde poole, and haue not looked vnto the maker thereof, neither had respect vnto him that formed it of olde.

You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.

12 And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call vnto weeping and mourning, and to baldnes and girding with sackecloth.

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

13 And beholde, ioy and gladnes, slaying oxen and killing sheepe, eating flesh, and drinking wine, eating and drinking: for to morowe we shall die.

But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

14 And it was declared in ye eares of the Lord of hostes. Surely this iniquitie shall not be purged from you, til ye die, saith the Lord God of hostes.

The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,”

15 Thus sayeth the Lord God of hostes, Goe, get thee to that treasurer, to Shebna, the steward of the house, and say,

This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:

16 What haste thou to doe here? and whome hast thou here? that thou shouldest here hewe thee out a sepulchre, as he that heweth out his sepulchre in an hie place, or that graueth an habitation for him selfe in a rocke?

What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

17 Beholde, the Lord wil carie thee away with a great captiuitie, and will surely couer thee.

Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,

18 He wil surely rolle and turne thee like a bal in a large countrey: there shalt thou die, and there the charets of thy glory shalbe the shame of thy lordes house.

roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.

19 And I wil driue thee from thy station, and out of thy dwelling will he destroy thee.

I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.

20 And in that day will I call my seruant Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah,

On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

21 And with thy garments will I clothe him, and with thy girdle will I strengthen him: thy power also will I commit into his hande, and hee shalbe a father of the inhabitats of Ierusalem, and of the house of Iudah.

I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

22 And the key of the house of Dauid will I lay vpon his shoulder: so hee shall open, and no man shall shut: and he shall shut, and no man shall open.

I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

23 And I will fasten him as a naile in a sure place, and hee shall be for the throne of glorie to his fathers house.

I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.

24 And they shall hang vpon him all the glorie of his fathers house, euen of the nephewes and posteritie all small vessels, from the vessels of the cuppes, euen to all the instruments of musike.

So they will hang on him the whole burden of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.

25 In that day, sayeth the Lord of hostes, shall the naile, that is fastned in the sure place, depart and shall be broken, and fall: and the burden, that was vpon it, shall bee cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.