Isaiah 22 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] The burden of the valley of vision.What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops? ^[2] 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 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] Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people. ^[5] For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, in the valley of vision, a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.” ^[6] Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield. ^[7] Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate. ^[8] He took away the covering of Judah; and you looked in that day to the armor in the house of the forest. ^[9] You saw the breaches of David’s city, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool. ^[10] You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. ^[11] 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] In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth; ^[13] 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] Yahweh of Armies revealed himself in my ears, “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies. ^[15] The Lord, Yahweh of Armies says, “Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, and say, ^[16] ‘What are you doing here? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb here?’ Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!” ^[17] Behold, Yahweh will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly. ^[18] 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] I will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station. ^[20] It will happen in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, ^[21] 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] 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] 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] 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 that day,” says Yahweh 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 Yahweh has spoken it.”

King James Version

^[1] The burdenH4853 of the valleyH1516 of vision.H2384 What aileth thee now,H645 that thou art wholly gone upH5927(QalPerf) to the housetops?H1406 ^[2] Thou that art fullH4392 of stirs,H8663 a tumultuousH1993(QalActPtc) city,H5892 a joyousH5947 city:H7151 thy slainH2491 [men are] not slainH2491 with the sword,H2719 nor deadH4191(QalPtc) in battle.H4421 ^[3] All thy rulersH7101 are fledH5074(QalPerf) together,H3162 they are boundH631(PualPerf) by the archers:H7198 all that are foundH4672(NiphPtc) in thee are boundH631(PualPerf) together,H3162 [which] have fledH1272(QalPerf) from far.H7350 ^[4] Therefore saidH559(QalPerf) I, Look awayH8159(QalImpv) from me; I will weepH1065 bitterly,H4843(PielImpf) labourH213(HiphImpf) not to comfortH5162(PielInf) me, because of the spoilingH7701 of the daughterH1323 of my people.H5971 ^[5] For [it is] a dayH3117 of trouble,H4103 and of treading down,H4001 and of perplexityH3998 by the LordH136 GodH3069 of hostsH6635 in the valleyH1516 of vision,H2384 breakingH6979(PilpPtc) down the walls,H7023 and of cryingH7771 to the mountains.H2022 ^[6] And ElamH5867 bareH5375(QalPerf) the quiverH827 with chariotsH7393 of menH120 [and] horsemen,H6571 and KirH7024 uncoveredH6168(PielPerf) the shield.H4043 ^[7] And it shall come to pass, [that] thy choicestH4005 valleysH6010 shall be fullH4390(QalPerf) of chariots,H7393 and the horsemenH6571 shall setH7896(QalPerf) themselves in arrayH7896(QalInf) at the gate.H8179 ^[8] And he discoveredH1540(PielImpf) the coveringH4539 of Judah,H3063 and thou didst lookH5027(HiphImpf) in that dayH3117 to the armourH5402 of the houseH1004 of the forest.H3293 ^[9] Ye have seenH7200(QalPerf) also the breachesH1233 of the cityH5892 of David,H1732 that they are many:H7231(QalPerf) and ye gathered togetherH6908(PielImpf) the watersH4325 of the lowerH8481 pool.H1295 ^[10] And ye have numberedH5608(QalPerf) the housesH1004 of Jerusalem,H3389 and the housesH1004 have ye broken downH5422(QalImpf) to fortifyH1219(PielInf) the wall.H2346 ^[11] Ye madeH6213(QalPerf) also a ditchH4724 between the two wallsH2346 for the waterH4325 of the oldH3465 pool:H1295 but ye have not lookedH5027(HiphPerf) unto the makerH6213(QalActPtc) thereof, neither had respectH7200(QalPerf) unto him that fashionedH3335(QalActPtc) it long ago.H7350 ^[12] And in that dayH3117 did the LordH136 GodH3069 of hostsH6635 callH7121(QalImpf) to weeping,H1065 and to mourning,H4553 and to baldness,H7144 and to girdingH2296(QalInf) with sackcloth:H8242 ^[13] And behold joyH8342 and gladness,H8057 slayingH2026(QalInf) oxen,H1241 and killingH7819(QalInf) sheep,H6629 eatingH398(QalInf) flesh,H1320 and drinkingH8354(QalInf) wine:H3196 let us eatH398(QalInf) and drink;H8354(QalInf) for to morrowH4279 we shall die.H4191(QalImpf) ^[14] And it was revealedH1540(NiphPerf) in mine earsH241 by the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 Surely this iniquityH5771 shall not be purgedH3722(PualImpf) from you till ye die,H4191(QalImpf) saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH136 GodH3069 of hosts.H6635 ^[15] Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH136 GodH3069 of hosts,H6635 Go,H3212(QalImpv) getH935(QalImpv) thee unto this treasurer,H5532(QalActPtc) [even] unto Shebna,H7644 which [is] over the house,H1004 [and say], ^[16] What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee outH2672(QalPerf) a sepulchreH6913 here,H6311 [as] he that heweth him outH2672(QalActPtc) a sepulchreH6913 on high,H4791 [and] that gravethH2710(QalActPtc) an habitationH4908 for himself in a rock?H5553 ^[17] Behold, the LordH3068 will carry thee awayH2904(PilpPtc) with a mightyH1397 captivity,H2925 and will surelyH5844(QalInf) coverH5844(QalActPtc) thee. ^[18] He will surelyH6801(QalInf) violently turnH6801(QalImpf) and tossH6802 thee [like] a ballH1754 into a largeH7342 country:H776 there shalt thou die,H4191(QalImpf) and there the chariotsH4818 of thy gloryH3519 [shall be] the shameH7036 of thy lord’sH113 house.H1004 ^[19] And I will driveH1920(QalPerf) thee from thy station,H4673 and from thy stateH4612 shall he pull thee down.H2040(QalImpf) ^[20] And it shall come to pass in that day,H3117 that I will callH7121(QalPerf) my servantH5650 EliakimH471 the sonH1121 of Hilkiah:H2518 ^[21] And I will clotheH3847(HiphPerf) him with thy robe,H3801 and strengthenH2388(PielImpf) him with thy girdle,H73 and I will commitH5414(QalImpf) thy governmentH4475 into his hand:H3027 and he shall be a fatherH1 to the inhabitantsH3427(QalActPtc) of Jerusalem,H3389 and to the houseH1004 of Judah.H3063 ^[22] And the keyH4668 of the houseH1004 of DavidH1732 will I layH5414(QalPerf) upon his shoulder;H7926 so he shall open,H6605(QalPerf) and none shall shut;H5462(QalActPtc) and he shall shut,H5462(QalPerf) and none shall open.H6605(QalActPtc) ^[23] And I will fastenH8628(QalPerf) him [as] a nailH3489 in a sureH539(NiphPtc) place;H4725 and he shall be for a gloriousH3519 throneH3678 to his father’sH1 house.H1004 ^[24] And they shall hangH8518(QalPerf) upon him all the gloryH3519 of his father’sH1 house,H1004 the offspringH6631 and the issue,H6849 all vesselsH3627 of smallH6996 quantity, from the vesselsH3627 of cups,H101 even to all the vesselsH3627 of flagons.H5035 ^[25] In that day,H3117 saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 shall the nailH3489 that is fastenedH8628(QalPasPtc) in the sureH539(NiphPtc) placeH4725 be removed,H4185(QalImpf) and be cut down,H1438(NiphPerf) and fall;H5307(QalPerf) and the burdenH4853 that [was] upon it shall be cut off:H3772(NiphPerf) for the LordH3068 hath spokenH1696(PielPerf) [it].

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