Isaiah 22

1 oracle valley vision what? to/for you then for to ascend: rise all your to/for roof

[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Jerusalem, about the valley where [Yahweh showed me] this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their [flat] rooftops?

2 shout full city to roar town jubilant slain: killed your not slain: killed sword and not to die battle

Everyone in the city [seems to] be shouting. [There are a lot of] corpses [in the city], [but they] were not killed by [their enemies’] swords. They did not die in battles; [instead, they died from diseases and hunger].

3 all chief your to wander unitedness from bow to bind all to find you to bind together from distant to flee

All the leaders of the city fled. [But then] they were captured because they did not have bows [and arrows to defend themselves]. Your [soldiers tried to] flee while the enemy [army] was still far away, but they also were captured.

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

That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me [about my people being slaughtered].”

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

The Commander of the armies of angels has [chosen] a time when there will be a great uproar, [soldiers] marching, and people being terrified in the valley [where I received this] vision. [It will be a time when our city] walls will be battered down and [the people’s] cries [for help] will be heard in the mountains.

6 and Elam to lift: bear quiver in/on/with chariot man horseman and Kir to uncover shield

The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.

7 and to be best valley your to fill chariot and [the] horseman to set: make to set: make [the] gate [to]

Our beautiful valleys will be filled with [our enemies’] chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside [our city] 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

The walls that protect [the cities in] Judah will fall down. You [people of Jerusalem] will run to get the weapons [that are stored in the building called] “the Hall 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 will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool [in the city].

10 and [obj] house: home Jerusalem to recount and to tear [the] house: home to/for to gather/restrain/fortify [the] wall

You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and [some of] them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the [city] 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

Between the walls [of the city] you will build a reservoir to [store] water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city 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

The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.

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 instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, [in order to cook their] meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink [all that we want to], because [it is possible that] we will die tomorrow!”

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

[So] the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”

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

The Commander of the armies of angels said this [to me]: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:

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

'[Who do you think you are?] Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?

17 behold LORD to cast you captivity great man and to grasp you to grasp

You [think that you are] [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. [It will be as though] he will seize 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

and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die [and be buried] there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there [in the hands of your enemies]. And [because of what happens to you], your master, [the king], will be [very] ashamed/disgraced.

19 and to thrust you from station your and from office your to overthrow you

Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important 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

Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.

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 allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and [all the other] towns in 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 give to him authority [MTY] over [what happens in] the palace where King David [lived]; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.

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 cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position [as supervisor of the workers in the palace], like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.

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

Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.'”

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

[But] the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “[Shebna is like] [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will [remove him from his position]; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”