< Isaiah 22 >
1 oracle valley vision what? to/for you then for to ascend: rise all your to/for roof
This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,
2 shout full city to roar town jubilant slain: killed your not slain: killed sword and not to die 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 chief your to wander unitedness from bow to bind all to find you to bind together from distant to flee
All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.
4 upon so to say to gaze from me to provoke in/on/with weeping not to hasten to/for to be sorry: comfort me upon violence daughter people my
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 day tumult and subjugation and confusion to/for Lord YHWH/God Hosts in/on/with valley vision to destroy wall and cry to(wards) [the] mountain: mount
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 to lift: bear quiver in/on/with chariot man horseman and Kir to uncover shield
Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
7 and to be best valley your to fill chariot and [the] horseman to set: make to set: make [the] gate [to]
Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.
8 and to reveal: remove [obj] covering Judah and to look in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to(wards) weapon House (of the Forest) [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 [obj] breach city David to see: see for to multiply and to gather [obj] water [the] pool [the] lower
You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
10 and [obj] house: home Jerusalem to recount and to tear [the] house: home to/for to gather/restrain/fortify [the] wall
You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.
11 and reservoir to make between [the] wall to/for water [the] pool [the] old and not to look to(wards) to make her and to form: plan her from distant not to see: see
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 to call: call to Lord YHWH/God Hosts in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to/for weeping and to/for mourning and to/for bald spot and to/for to gird 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 rejoicing and joy to kill cattle and to slaughter flock to eat flesh and to drink wine to eat and to drink for tomorrow to 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 to reveal: reveal in/on/with ear my LORD Hosts if: surely no to atone ([the] iniquity: crime *LA(bh)*) [the] this to/for you till to die [emph?] to say Lord YHWH/God 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 to say Lord YHWH/God Hosts to go: went to come (in): come to(wards) [the] be useful [the] this upon Shebna which upon [the] house: palace
This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:
16 what? to/for you here and who? to/for you here for to hew to/for you here grave to hew height grave his to decree in/on/with crag tabernacle to/for him
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 LORD to cast you captivity great man and to grasp you to grasp
Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,
18 to wrap to wrap you toss ball to(wards) land: country/planet broad: wide hand: spacious there [to] to die and there [to] chariot glory your dishonor house: palace lord your
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 to thrust you from station your and from office your to overthrow you
I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.
20 and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to call: call to to/for servant/slave my to/for Eliakim son: child Hilkiah
On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
21 and to clothe him tunic your and girdle your to strengthen: strengthen him and dominion your to give: give in/on/with hand his and to be to/for father to/for to dwell Jerusalem and to/for house: household 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 to give: put key house: household David upon shoulder his and to open and nothing to shut and to shut and nothing to open
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 to blow him peg in/on/with place be faithful and to be to/for throne: seat glory to/for house: household father his
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 to hang upon him all glory house: household father his [the] offspring and [the] offshoot all article/utensil [the] small from article/utensil [the] vessel and till all article/utensil [the] bag
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/on/with day [the] he/she/it utterance LORD Hosts to remove [the] peg [the] to blow in/on/with place be faithful and to cut down/off and to fall: fall and to cut: eliminate [the] burden which upon her for LORD to speak: speak
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.