Isaiah 22

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

The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

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

You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town, your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead 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 fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were bound together. They fled far away.

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, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labour to comfort me for 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 it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity from the Lord, GOD of Armies, in the valley of vision, a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.”

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

Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered 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 were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.

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 took away the covering of Judah; and you looked in that day to the armour 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 the breaches of David’s city, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of 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 you broke down the houses to fortify 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 also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you didn’t look to him who had done this, neither did you have respect for 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

In that day, the Lord, GOD of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in 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

and behold, there is joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we will 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 Armies revealed himself in my ears, “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,” says the Lord, GOD of Armies.

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 Lord, GOD of Armies says, “Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,

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? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb here?’ Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiselling a habitation for himself in the rock!”

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

Behold, the LORD will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly.

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

He will surely wind you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a large country. There you will die, and there the chariots of your glory will be, you disgrace of your lord’s house.

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

I will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station.

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

It will happen in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the 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

and I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your belt. I will commit your government into his hand; and he will be a father to the inhabitants 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 lay the key of David’s house on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one will 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 fasten him like a nail in a sure place. He will be for a throne of glory to his father’s house.

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

They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the pitchers.

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,” says the LORD of Armies, “the nail that was fastened in a sure place will give way. It will be cut down and fall. The burden that was on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken it.”