Isaiah 22

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

A declaration about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that you have all gone up to the housetops?

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

Is it so you may hear a city full of noises, a town full of revelry? Your dead were not killed with the sword, and they did not die 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 your rulers fled away together, but they were captured without using a bow; all of them were captured together, though they had fled far away.

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 I said, “Do not look at me, I will weep bitterly; do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction 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 there is a day of tumult, treading down, and confusion for the Lord Yahweh of hosts, in the Valley of Vision, a breaking down of the walls, and people crying out to the mountains.

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

Elam takes up the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir lays the shield bare.

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

It will come about that your choicest valleys will be full of chariots, and the horsemen will take their positions at 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.

He took away the protection of Judah; and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace 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.

You saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many, and you collected the water of the lower pool.

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

You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you tore down the houses to fortify 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.

You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not consider the city's maker, who had planned it long ago.

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 Yahweh of hosts called on that day for weeping, for mourning, for shaved heads, and the wearing of 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 look, instead, celebration and gladness, killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine; let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will 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.

This was revealed in my ears by Yahweh of hosts: “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you, even when you die,” says the Lord Yahweh of hosts.

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

The Lord Yahweh of hosts, says this, “Go to this administrator, to Shebna, who is over the house, 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 are you doing here and who gave you permission to cut out a tomb for yourself, hewing out a grave on the heights and carving out a resting place in the rock?'”

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

See, Yahweh is about to throw you, a mighty man, about to throw you down; he will grasp you tightly.

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 surely wind you round and round, and toss you like a ball into a vast country. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will be; you will be the shame of your master's house!

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

“I will thrust you from your office and from your station. You will be pulled down.

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

It will come about on that day that I will call my servant Eliakim 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 your tunic and put on him your sash, and I will transfer your authority into his hand. He will 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 place the key of the house of David on his shoulder; he will open, and none will shut; he will shut, and none will 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, a peg in a secure place, and he will become a seat of glory 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.

They will hang on him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and descendants, every small container from the cups to all the jugs.

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.

On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—the peg driven in a firm place will give way, break off, and fall, and the weight that was on it will be cut off—for Yahweh has spoken.