Isaiah 22

1 The doom of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the roofs?

The prophecy concerning the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, That all thine inhabitants are gone up to the house-tops?

2 O noiseful, tumultuous city, joyous town? thy slain ones are not slain with the sword, and not those that die in battle.

Thou that wast full of noise, A tumultuous city, a joyous city! Thy slain fall not by the sword; They are not slain in battle.

3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are made prisoners by the bowmen: all that are found in thee are made prisoners together, who have run away from afar.

All thy leaders flee together, By the bowmen are they bound; All found within thee are made captive together, Even they who have fled from afar.

4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly; be not urgent to comfort me, because of the wasting of the daughter of my people.

Therefore, say I, look away from me, that I may weep bitterly; Strive not to comfort me for the desolation of the daughter of my people!

5 For a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity hath the Lord Eternal of hosts in the valley of vision; walls are broken, and crying is heard against the mountain.

For a day of trouble, of desolation, and of perplexity cometh From the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision. They break down the walls; The cry reacheth to the mountains.

6 And 'Elam beareth the quiver, [cometh] with men in chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovereth the shield.

Elam beareth the quiver, With chariots full of men, and with horsemen; Kir uncovereth the shield.

7 And it is so, that thy choicest valleys are full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array against the gate.

Thy fairest valleys, [[O Jerusalem, ]] are full of chariots; The horsemen set themselves in array against the gate;

8 And he laid open the covering of Judah; and thou didst look on that day toward the armor of the house of the forest.

The veil of Judah is torn from her. But in such a day ye look to the armor of the house of the forest;

9 And the breaches of the city of David have ye seen, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

Ye mark how many are the breaches of the city of David, And collect the waters of the lower pool;

10 And the houses of Jerusalem have ye numbered, and ye have pulled down the houses to fortify the wall.

Ye number the houses of Jerusalem, And ye break down the houses to prepare the wall;

11 And a tank have ye made between the two walls for the water of the old pool; but ye have not looked at the Maker thereof, him that fashioned it in distant times have ye not regarded.

Ye make a reservoir between the two walls for the waters of the old pool; But ye look not to Him who hath done this; Ye regard not Him that hath prepared this from afar.

12 And the Lord Eternal of hosts called on that day for weeping, and for mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth.

The Lord, Jehovah of hosts, calleth you this day To weeping and to lamentation, To baldness and to girding with sackcloth.

13 And behold [there are] gladness and joy, slaying of oxen, and killing of sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: “Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we must die.”

But, behold, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating flesh and drinking wine! “Let us eat and drink, For to-morrow we die!”

14 And it was revealed in my ears by the Lord of hosts: Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven unto you until ye die, said the Lord the Eternal of hosts.

Therefore it hath been revealed in my ears by Jehovah of hosts; “This iniquity shall not be forgiven you, till ye die,” Saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

15 Thus hath said the Lord, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is [superintendent] over the house;

Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts: Go in to this steward, To Shebna, who is over the household, and say,

16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewn out for thyself here a sepulchre, [the man] that hath hewn out on high his sepulchre, that holloweth out in the rock a habitation for himself?

What hast thou here, and whom hast thou here, That thou here hewest thee out a sepulchre, —That thou hewest out thy sepulchre on high, And gravest out a habitation for thyself in the rock?

17 Behold, the Lord will thrust thee about with a mighty throw, O man! and will lay fast hold of thee;

Behold, Jehovah will cast thee headlong with a mighty thrust;

18 He will roll thee up as a bundle, and [toss thee] like a ball into a country of ample space: there shalt thou die, and there shall [remain] the chariots of thy glory, thou disgrace of the house of thy lord.

He will violently roll thee together like a ball; Like a ball will he hurl thee into a wide country. There shalt thou die; And there shall be thy splendid chariots, Thou disgrace of the house of thy lord!

19 And I will cast thee out from thy station, and from thy post shall he pull thee down.

I will drive thee from thy post, And from thy station I will pull thee down.

20 And it shall come to pass on that day, that I will call my servant, for Elyakim the son of Chilkiyahu.

In that day I will call my servant, Even Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah;

21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and thy girdle will I fasten around him, and thy government will I place into his hand: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

I will clothe him with thy robe, And bind thy girdle around him; Thy government will I commit to his hand, And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, And to the house of Judah.

22 And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder; so that he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder; He shall open, and none shall shut, And he shall shut, and none shall open.

23 And I will fasten him as a tent-nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a chair of honor to his father's house.

I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, And he shall be a glorious seat for his father's house.

24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the shoots and offshoots, all the small vessels, from the vessels of basins, even to all the vessels of flagons.

Upon him shall hang all the glory of his father's house, The offspring and the offshoots; Every small vessel, from the goblet even to all the pitchers.

25 On that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall be removed the nail that is fastened in the sure place, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that is upon it shall be cut off; for the Lord hath spoken it.

In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, The peg that was once fastened in a sure place shall be moved; It shall be cut down, and fall, And the burden which was upon it shall come to the ground. For Jehovah hath said it.