< 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?
[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 stirs—a noisy city—an exulting city, Your pierced are not pierced of 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 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 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 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.”
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 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 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 has carried a quiver, In a chariot of men—horsemen, And Kir has exposed a shield.
And Elam it took up a quiver with chariotry of a man horsemen and Kir it uncovered a 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.
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 one removes the covering of Judah, And in that day you look To the armor 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 have seen the breaches of the City of David, For they have become many, And you gather 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 you numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And you break down the 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 waters of the old pool, And you have not looked to its Maker, And you have not seen its Framer of old.
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 calls, YHWH of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of 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, slaying of oxen, And slaughtering of sheep, Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, Eat and drink, for tomorrow we 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 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.
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 said the Lord, YHWH of Hosts: “Go forth, go to this steward, To Shebna, who [is] over the house:
Thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh of hosts come go to the steward this to Shebna who [is] over the house.
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? [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, YHWH is casting you up and down, A casting up and down, O mighty one,
There! Yahweh [is] about to hurl away you hurling O man and [is] about to grasp you completely.
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.
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 have thrust you from your station, And he throws you down from your office.
And I will push you from office your and from post your he will tear down you.
20 And it has come to pass in that day, That I have called to My servant, To Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
And it will be in the day that and I will summon servant my Eliakim [the] 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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—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 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 >