Isaiah 22

1 The burden of the Valley of Vision. What — to thee, now, that thou hast gone up, All of thee — 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, Thy 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 thy rulers fled together from the bow, Bound have been all found of thee, They have been kept bound together, Afar off they have fled.

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 ye from me, I am bitter in my weeping, Haste not 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, Jehovah of Hosts, In the valley of vision, digging down a wall, And crying unto 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 hath borne a quiver, In a chariot of men — horsemen, And Kir hath exposed a shield.

Elam takes up the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir lays the shield bare.

7 And it cometh to pass, The choice of thy valleys have been full of chariots, And the horsemen place themselves diligently 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 removeth the covering of Judah, And thou lookest in that day Unto the armour 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 the breaches of the city of David ye have seen, For they have become many, And ye 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 the houses of Jerusalem ye did number, And ye break down the houses to fence the wall.

You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you tore down the houses to fortify the wall.

11 And a ditch ye made between the two walls, For the waters of the old pool, And ye have not looked unto its Maker, And its Framer of old ye have not seen.

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 call doth the Lord, Jehovah 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 lo, joy and gladness, slaying of oxen, And slaughtering of sheep, Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, Eat and drink, for to-morrow 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 revealed it hath been in mine ears, [By] Jehovah of Hosts: Not pardoned is this iniquity to you, Till ye die, said the Lord, Jehovah 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, Jehovah of Hosts: 'Go, enter in unto this steward, Unto 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 — to thee here? And who — to thee here? That thou hast hewn out to thee here — a sepulchre? Hewing on high his sepulchre, Graving in a rock a dwelling for himself.

'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 Lo, Jehovah is casting thee 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 thy coverer covering, wrapping round, Wrappeth thee round, O babbler, On a land broad of sides — there thou diest, And there the chariots of thine honour [Are] the shame of the house of thy 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 thee from thy station, And from thine office he throweth thee down.

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

20 And it hath 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 thy coat, And with thy girdle I strengthen him, And thy garment I give into his hand, And he hath 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 hath opened, and none is shutting, And hath 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 a nail in a stedfast place, And he hath been for a throne of honour 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 honour 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 — an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Moved is the nail that is fixed In a stedfast place, Yea, it hath been cut down, and hath fallen, And cut off hath been the burden that [is] on it, For Jehovah hath 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.