Isaiah 22

1 The burden of the Valley of Vision. What is [troubling] you now, that you have gone up, All of you—to the roofs?

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

2 Full of stirs—a noisy city—an exulting city, Your pierced are not pierced of the sword, Nor dead in battle.

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

3 All your rulers fled from the bow together, All found of you have been bound, They have been kept bound together, They have fled far off.

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

4 Therefore I said, “Look [away] from me, I am bitter in my weeping, do not hurry to comfort me, 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 a day of noise, and of treading down, And of perplexity, [is] to the Lord, YHWH of Hosts, In the Valley of Vision, digging down a wall, And crying to the mountain.

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 has carried a quiver, In a chariot of men—horsemen, And Kir has exposed a shield.

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

7 And it comes to pass, The choice of your valleys have been full of chariots, And the horsemen diligently place themselves at the gate.

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

8 And one removes the covering of Judah, And in that day you look To the armor 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 you have seen the breaches of the City of David, For they have become many, And you gather the waters of the lower pool,

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

10 And you numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And you break down the houses to fortify the wall.

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

11 And you made a ditch between the two walls, For the waters of the old pool, And you have not looked to its Maker, And you have not seen its Framer of old.

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 the Lord calls, YHWH of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of sackcloth,

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

13 And behold, joy and gladness, slaying of oxen, And slaughtering of sheep, Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, Eat and drink, for tomorrow we 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 has been revealed in my ears, [By] YHWH of Hosts: This iniquity is not pardoned to you, Until you die, said the Lord, YHWH of Hosts.

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

15 Thus said the Lord, YHWH of Hosts: “Go forth, go to this steward, To Shebna, who [is] over the house:

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

16 What are you [doing] here? And who has [allowed] you here? That you have hewn out a tomb for yourself here? Hewing his tomb on high, Carving a dwelling for himself in a rock.

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 Behold, YHWH is casting you up and down, A casting up and down, O mighty one,

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

18 And your coverer covering, wrapping around, Wraps you around, O babbler, On a land of broad sides—there you die, And there the chariots of your glory [are] the shame of the house of your lord.

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 have thrust you from your station, And he throws you down from your office.

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

20 And it has come to pass in that day, That I have called to My servant, To Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

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

21 And I have clothed him with your coat, And I strengthen him with your girdle, And I give your garment into his hand, And he has been for a father to the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And to the house of Judah.

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 I have placed the key Of the house of David on his shoulder, And he has opened, and none is shutting, And has shut, and none is opening.

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 have fixed him [as] a nail in a steadfast place, And he has been for a throne of glory To the house of his father.

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 have hanged on him All the glory of the house of his father, The offspring and the issue, All vessels of small quality, From vessels of basins to all vessels of flagons.

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—a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, The nail that is fixed is moved In a steadfast place, Indeed, it has been cut down, and has fallen, And the burden that [is] on it has been cut off, For YHWH has spoken!”

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.