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Isaiah 22 (WEBP)
[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.”
Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.
King James w/Strong’s #s
Isaiah 22 (KJVS)
[1] The burden H4853 of the valley H1516 of vision H2384. What aileth thee now H645, that thou art wholly gone up H5927 (8804) to the housetops H1406?
[2] Thou that art full H4392 of stirs H8663, a tumultuous H1993 (8802) city H5892, a joyous H5947 city H7151: thy slain H2491 [men are] not slain H2491 with the sword H2719, nor dead H4191 (8801) in battle H4421.
[3] All thy rulers H7101 are fled H5074 (8804) together H3162, they are bound H631 (8795) by the archers H7198: all that are found H4672 (8737) in thee are bound H631 (8795) together H3162, [which] have fled H1272 (8804) from far H7350.
[4] Therefore said H559 (8804) I, Look away H8159 (8798) from me; I will weep H1065 bitterly H4843 (8762), labour H213 (8686) not to comfort H5162 (8763) me, because of the spoiling H7701 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971.
[5] For [it is] a day H3117 of trouble H4103, and of treading down H4001, and of perplexity H3998 by the Lord H136 GOD H3069 of hosts H6635 in the valley H1516 of vision H2384, breaking H6979 (8772) down the walls H7023, and of crying H7771 to the mountains H2022.
[6] And Elam H5867 bare H5375 (8804) the quiver H827 with chariots H7393 of men H120 [and] horsemen H6571, and Kir H7024 uncovered H6168 (8765) the shield H4043.
[7] And it shall come to pass, [that] thy choicest H4005 valleys H6010 shall be full H4390 (8804) of chariots H7393, and the horsemen H6571 shall set H7896 (8804) themselves in array H7896 (8800) at the gate H8179.
[8] And he discovered H1540 (8762) the covering H4539 of Judah H3063, and thou didst look H5027 (8686) in that day H3117 to the armour H5402 of the house H1004 of the forest H3293.
[9] Ye have seen H7200 (8804) also the breaches H1233 of the city H5892 of David H1732, that they are many H7231 (8804): and ye gathered together H6908 (8762) the waters H4325 of the lower H8481 pool H1295.
[10] And ye have numbered H5608 (8804) the houses H1004 of Jerusalem H3389, and the houses H1004 have ye broken down H5422 (8799) to fortify H1219 (8763) the wall H2346.
[11] Ye made H6213 (8804) also a ditch H4724 between the two walls H2346 for the water H4325 of the old H3465 pool H1295: but ye have not looked H5027 (8689) unto the maker H6213 (8802) thereof, neither had respect H7200 (8804) unto him that fashioned H3335 (8802) it long ago H7350.
[12] And in that day H3117 did the Lord H136 GOD H3069 of hosts H6635 call H7121 (8799) to weeping H1065, and to mourning H4553, and to baldness H7144, and to girding H2296 (8800) with sackcloth H8242:
[13] And behold joy H8342 and gladness H8057, slaying H2026 (8800) oxen H1241, and killing H7819 (8800) sheep H6629, eating H398 (8800) flesh H1320, and drinking H8354 (8800) wine H3196: let us eat H398 (8800) and drink H8354 (8800); for to morrow H4279 we shall die H4191 (8799).
[14] And it was revealed H1540 (8738) in mine ears H241 by the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635, Surely this iniquity H5771 shall not be purged H3722 (8792) from you till ye die H4191 (8799), saith H559 (8804) the Lord H136 GOD H3069 of hosts H6635.
[15] Thus saith H559 (8804) the Lord H136 GOD H3069 of hosts H6635, Go H3212 (8798), get H935 (8798) thee unto this treasurer H5532 (8802), [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 out H2672 (8804) a sepulchre H6913 here H6311, [as] he that heweth him out H2672 (8802) a sepulchre H6913 on high H4791, [and] that graveth H2710 (8802) an habitation H4908 for himself in a rock H5553?
[17] Behold, the LORD H3068 will carry thee away H2904 (8772) with a mighty H1397 captivity H2925, and will surely H5844 (8800) cover H5844 (8802) thee.
[18] He will surely H6801 (8800) violently turn H6801 (8799) and toss H6802 thee [like] a ball H1754 into a large H7342 H3027 country H776: there shalt thou die H4191 (8799), and there the chariots H4818 of thy glory H3519 [shall be] the shame H7036 of thy lord’s H113 house H1004.
[19] And I will drive H1920 (8804) thee from thy station H4673, and from thy state H4612 shall he pull thee down H2040 (8799).
[20] And it shall come to pass in that day H3117, that I will call H7121 (8804) my servant H5650 Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518:
[21] And I will clothe H3847 (8689) him with thy robe H3801, and strengthen H2388 (8762) him with thy girdle H73, and I will commit H5414 (8799) thy government H4475 into his hand H3027: and he shall be a father H1 to the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Jerusalem H3389, and to the house H1004 of Judah H3063.
[22] And the key H4668 of the house H1004 of David H1732 will I lay H5414 (8804) upon his shoulder H7926; so he shall open H6605 (8804), and none shall shut H5462 (8802); and he shall shut H5462 (8804), and none shall open H6605 (8802).
[23] And I will fasten H8628 (8804) him [as] a nail H3489 in a sure H539 (8737) place H4725; and he shall be for a glorious H3519 throne H3678 to his father’s H1 house H1004.
[24] And they shall hang H8518 (8804) upon him all the glory H3519 of his father’s H1 house H1004, the offspring H6631 and the issue H6849, all vessels H3627 of small H6996 quantity, from the vessels H3627 of cups H101, even to all the vessels H3627 of flagons H5035.
[25] In that day H3117, saith H5002 (8803) the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635, shall the nail H3489 that is fastened H8628 (8803) in the sure H539 (8737) place H4725 be removed H4185 (8799), and be cut down H1438 (8738), and fall H5307 (8804); and the burden H4853 that [was] upon it shall be cut off H3772 (8738): for the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 (8765) [it].
Young’s Literal Translation
Isaiah 22 (YLT)
[1] The burden of the Valley of Vision. What-to thee, now, that thou hast gone up, All of thee-to the roofs?
[2] Full of stirs-a noisy city-an exulting city, Thy pierced are not pierced of the sword, Nor dead 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.
[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.’
[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.
[6] And Elam hath borne a quiver, In a chariot of men-horsemen, And Kir hath exposed a shield.
[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.
[8] And one removeth the covering of Judah, And thou lookest in that day Unto the armour of the house 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,
[10] And the houses of Jerusalem ye did number, And ye break down the houses to fence 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.
[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,
[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.
[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.
[15] Thus said the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts: ‘Go, enter in unto this steward, Unto Shebna, who is over the house:
[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.
[17] Lo, Jehovah is casting thee up and down, A casting up and down, O mighty one,
[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.
[19] And I have thrust thee from thy station, And from thine office he throweth thee down.
[20] And it hath come to pass, in that day, That I have called to my servant, To 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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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!’