< 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?
A declaration about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that you have all gone up to the housetops?
2 Full of stirs—a noisy city—an exulting city, Your pierced are not pierced of the sword, Nor dead 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 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 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 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, “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 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 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 has carried a quiver, In a chariot of men—horsemen, And Kir has exposed a shield.
Elam takes up the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir lays the shield bare.
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.
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 one removes the covering of Judah, And in that day you look To 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 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 the breaches of the city of David, that they were many, and you collected the water of 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 you tore down the houses to fortify 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 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 calls, YHWH of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of 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, 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, 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 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.
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 said the Lord, YHWH of Hosts: “Go forth, go to this steward, To Shebna, who [is] 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 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 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, YHWH is casting you up and down, A casting up and down, O mighty one,
See, Yahweh is about to throw you, a mighty man, about to throw you down; he will grasp you tightly.
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.
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 have thrust you from your station, And he throws you down from your office.
“I will thrust you from your office and from your station. You will be pulled down.
20 And it has come to pass in that day, That I have called to My servant, To Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
It will come about on that day that I will call 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 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 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 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 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 fasten him, a peg in a secure place, and he will become a seat of glory for his father's house.
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.
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 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!”
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.