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World English Bible

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 of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up () to the housetops?
[2] Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous () city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead () in battle.
[3] All thy rulers are fled () together, they are bound () by the archers: all that are found () in thee are bound () together, which have fled () from far.
[4] Therefore said () I, Look away () from me; I will weep bitterly, () labour () not to comfort () me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
[5] For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking () down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
[6] And Elam bare () the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered () the shield.
[7] And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full () of chariots, and the horsemen shall set () themselves in array () at the gate.
[8] And he discovered () the covering of Judah, and thou didst look () in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
[9] Ye have seen () also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: () and ye gathered together () the waters of the lower pool.
[10] And ye have numbered () the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down () to fortify () the wall.
[11] Ye made () also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked () unto the maker () thereof, neither had respect () unto him that fashioned () it long ago.
[12] And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call () to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding () with sackcloth:
[13] and behold joy and gladness, slaying () oxen, and killing () sheep, eating () flesh, and drinking () wine: let us eat () and drink; () for to morrow we shall die. ()
[14] And it was revealed () in mine ears by the Lord of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged () from you till ye die, () saith () the Lord God of hosts.
[15] Thus saith () the Lord God of hosts, Go, () get () thee unto this treasurer, () even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
[16] What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out () a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out () a sepulchre on high, and that graveth () an habitation for himself in a rock?
[17] Behold, the Lord will carry thee away () with a mighty captivity, and will surely () cover () thee.
[18] He will surely () violently turn () and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, () and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.
[19] And I will drive () thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. ()
[20] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call () my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
[21] and I will clothe () him with thy robe, and strengthen () him with thy girdle, and I will commit () thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants () of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
[22] And the key of the house of David will I lay () upon his shoulder; so he shall open, () and none shall shut; () and he shall shut, () and none shall open. ()
[23] And I will fasten () him as a nail in a sure () place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.
[24] And they shall hang () upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
[25] In that day, saith () the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened () in the sure () place be removed, () and be cut down, () and fall; () and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: () for the Lord hath spoken () it.

Isaiah 22:3 Heb. of the bow
Isaiah 22:4 Heb. I will be bitter in weeping
Isaiah 22:6 Heb. made naked
Isaiah 22:7a Heb. the choice of the valleys
Isaiah 22:7b Or, towards
Isaiah 22:16 Or, O he
Isaiah 22:17 Or, the Lord who covered thee with an excellent covering, and clothed thee gorgeously, v. 18. shall surely, etc.
Isaiah 22:18 Heb. large of spaces
Isaiah 22:24 Or, instruments of viols

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 22 (BYZ)

[1] Τὸ () ῥῆμα () τῆς () φάραγγος () Σιων. () Τί () ἐγένετό () σοι () νῦν, () ὅτι () ἀνέβητε () πάντες () εἰς () δώματα ()
[2] μάταια; () Ἐνεπλήσθη ἡ () πόλις () βοώντων· () οἱ () τραυματίαι σου () οὐ () τραυματίαι μαχαίρας, () οὐδὲ () οἱ () νεκροί () σου () νεκροὶ () πολέμου. ()
[3] Πάντες () οἱ () ἄρχοντές () σου () πεφεύγασιν, () καὶ () οἱ () ἁλόντες σκληρῶς δεδεμένοι () εἰσίν, () καὶ () οἱ () ἰσχύοντες () ἐν () σοὶ () πόρρω () πεφεύγασιν. ()
[4] Διὰ () τοῦτο () εἶπα Ἄφετέ () με () πικρῶς () κλαύσομαι, () μὴ () κατισχύσητε () παρακαλεῖν () με () ἐπὶ () τὸ () σύντριμμα () τῆς () θυγατρὸς () τοῦ () γένους () μου. ()
[5] Ὅτι () ἡμέρα () ταραχῆς () καὶ () ἀπωλείας () καὶ () καταπατήματος καὶ () πλάνησις παρὰ () κυρίου () σαβαωθ () ἐν () φάραγγι () Σιων· () πλανῶνται () ἀπὸ () μικροῦ () ἕως () μεγάλου, () πλανῶνται () ἐπὶ () τὰ () ὄρη. ()
[6] Οἱ () δὲ () Αιλαμῖται ἔλαβον () φαρέτρας, ἀναβάται ἄνθρωποι () ἐφ’ () ἵπποις () καὶ () συναγωγὴ () παρατάξεως.
[7] Καὶ () ἔσονται () αἱ () ἐκλεκταὶ () φάραγγές () σου () πλησθήσονται ἁρμάτων, () οἱ () δὲ () ἱππεῖς () ἐμφράξουσι τὰς () πύλας () σου· ()
[8] καὶ () ἀνακαλύψουσιν () τὰς () πύλας () Ιουδα καὶ () ἐμβλέψονται () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () εἰς () τοὺς () ἐκλεκτοὺς () οἴκους () τῆς () πόλεως ()
[9] καὶ () ἀνακαλύψουσιν () τὰ () κρυπτὰ () τῶν () οἴκων () τῆς () ἄκρας Δαυιδ. () Καὶ () εἴδοσαν () ὅτι () πλείους () εἰσὶν () καὶ () ὅτι () ἀπέστρεψαν () τὸ () ὕδωρ () τῆς () ἀρχαίας () κολυμβήθρας () εἰς () τὴν () πόλιν ()
[10] καὶ () ὅτι () καθείλοσαν () τοὺς () οἴκους () Ιερουσαλημ () εἰς () ὀχύρωμα () τοῦ () τείχους () τῇ () πόλει. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἐποιήσατε () ἑαυτοῖς () ὕδωρ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῶν () δύο () τειχέων () ἐσώτερον () τῆς () κολυμβήθρας () τῆς () ἀρχαίας () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐνεβλέψατε () εἰς () τὸν () ἀπ’ () ἀρχῆς () ποιήσαντα () αὐτὴν () καὶ () τὸν () κτίσαντα () αὐτὴν () οὐκ () εἴδετε. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () κύριος () σαβαωθ () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () κλαυθμὸν () καὶ () κοπετὸν () καὶ () ξύρησιν καὶ () ζῶσιν σάκκων, ()
[13] αὐτοὶ () δὲ () ἐποιήσαντο () εὐφροσύνην () καὶ () ἀγαλλίαμα σφάζοντες () μόσχους () καὶ () θύοντες () πρόβατα () ὥστε () φαγεῖν () κρέα () καὶ () πιεῖν () οἶνον () λέγοντες () Φάγωμεν () καὶ () πίωμεν, () αὔριον () γὰρ () ἀποθνῄσκομεν. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἀνακεκαλυμμένα () ταῦτά () ἐστιν () ἐν () τοῖς () ὠσὶν () κυρίου () σαβαωθ, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἀφεθήσεται () ὑμῖν () αὕτη () ἡ () ἁμαρτία, () ἕως () ἂν () ἀποθάνητε. ()
[15] Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () σαβαωθ () Πορεύου () εἰς () τὸ () παστοφόριον πρὸς () Σομναν τὸν () ταμίαν καὶ () εἰπὸν αὐτῷ ()
[16] Τί () σὺ () ὧδε () καὶ () τί () σοί () ἐστιν () ὧδε, () ὅτι () ἐλατόμησας () σεαυτῷ () ὧδε () μνημεῖον () καὶ () ἐποίησας () σεαυτῷ () ἐν () ὑψηλῷ () μνημεῖον () καὶ () ἔγραψας () σεαυτῷ () ἐν () πέτρᾳ () σκηνήν; ()
[17] Ἰδοὺ () δὴ () κύριος () σαβαωθ () ἐκβαλεῖ () καὶ () ἐκτρίψει ἄνδρα () καὶ () ἀφελεῖ () τὴν () στολήν () σου ()
[18] καὶ () τὸν () στέφανόν () σου () τὸν () ἔνδοξον () καὶ () ῥίψει () σε () εἰς () χώραν () μεγάλην () καὶ () ἀμέτρητον, καὶ () ἐκεῖ () ἀποθανῇ· () καὶ () θήσει () τὸ () ἅρμα () σου () τὸ () καλὸν () εἰς () ἀτιμίαν () καὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () ἄρχοντός () σου () εἰς () καταπάτημα,
[19] καὶ () ἀφαιρεθήσῃ () ἐκ () τῆς () οἰκονομίας () σου () καὶ () ἐκ () τῆς () στάσεώς () σου. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () καλέσω () τὸν () παῖδά () μου () Ελιακιμ () τὸν () τοῦ () Χελκιου
[21] καὶ () ἐνδύσω () αὐτὸν () τὴν () στολήν () σου () καὶ () τὸν () στέφανόν () σου () δώσω () αὐτῷ () καὶ () τὸ () κράτος () καὶ () τὴν () οἰκονομίαν () σου () δώσω () εἰς () τὰς () χεῖρας () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἔσται () ὡς () πατὴρ () τοῖς () ἐνοικοῦσιν () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () τοῖς () ἐνοικοῦσιν () ἐν () Ιουδα.
[22] Καὶ () δώσω () τὴν () δόξαν () Δαυιδ () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () ἄρξει, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔσται () ὁ () ἀντιλέγων.
[23] Καὶ () στήσω () αὐτὸν () ἄρχοντα () ἐν () τόπῳ () πιστῷ, () καὶ () ἔσται () εἰς () θρόνον () δόξης () τοῦ () οἴκου () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτοῦ. ()
[24] Καὶ () ἔσται () πεποιθὼς () ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () πᾶς () ἔνδοξος () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτοῦ () ἀπὸ () μικροῦ () ἕως () μεγάλου () καὶ () ἔσονται () ἐπικρεμάμενοι αὐτῷ. ()
[25] Ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ ()—τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () σαβαωθ ()—κινηθήσεται () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () ὁ () ἐστηριγμένος () ἐν () τόπῳ () πιστῷ () καὶ () πεσεῖται, () καὶ () ἀφαιρεθήσεται () ἡ () δόξα () ἡ () ἐπ’ () αὐτόν, () ὅτι () κύριος () ἐλάλησεν. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.