Yeshayah (Isaiah) 22
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1The message concerning the Valley of Vision. What troubles you now, that you have all gone up to the house-tops,
2you who are filled with turmoils, a noisy city, a city of revelry? Your slain are not slain with the sword, nor the dead in battle.
3All your rulers have fled together; without a bow they were taken captive. All who are found in you are bound together, who have fled from afar.
4Therefore I said, “Look away from me, let me weep bitterly. Do not try to comfort me because of the ravaging of the daughter of my people.”
5For it is a day of uproar and treading down and perplexity by the Master יהוה of hosts in the Valley of Vision – breaking down of a wall and of crying to the mountain.
6And Ěylam bore the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Qir bared the shield.
7And it shall be that your choicest valleys shall be filled with chariots, and the horsemen shall take up positions at the gate.
8Then He removed the covering of Yehuḏah. And you looked in that day to the weapons of the House of the Forest.
9And you saw the breaches of the city of Dawiḏ, that it was great. And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10And you counted the houses of Yerushalayim, and the houses you broke down to strengthen the wall.
11And you dug a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you have not looked to its Maker, nor have you seen Him who fashioned it long ago.
12And in that day the Master יהוה of hosts called for weeping and for mourning, for baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
13Then see! Joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaying sheep, eating meat and drinking wine, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14And it was revealed in my hearing by יהוה of hosts, “For this crookedness shall certainly not be pardoned until you die,” said the Master יהוה of hosts.
15Thus said the Master יהוה of hosts, “Go, come to this steward, to Sheḇnah, who is over the house, and say,
16What have you here, and whom have you here, that you have hewn a burial-site here, as he who hews himself a burial-site on high, inscribing#Engraving. a resting place for himself in a rock?
17See, יהוה is hurling you away, O man, and is firmly grasping you,
18rolling you up tightly like a ball, into a wide land. There you are to die, and there your esteemed chariots are to be the shame of your master’s house.
19And I shall drive you from your office, and you shall be ousted from your position.
20And it shall be in that day, that I shall call My servant Elyaqim son of Ḥilqiyahu.
21And I shall put your robe on him, and strengthen him with your girdle, and give your authority into his hand. And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim and to the house of Yehuḏah.
22And I shall place the key of the house of Dawiḏ on his shoulder. And he shall open, and no one shuts; and shall shut, and no one opens.
23And I shall fasten him like a peg in a steadfast place, and he shall become a throne of esteem to his father’s house.
24And they shall hang on him all the weight of his father’s house, the offspring and the offshoots, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the jars.
25In that day,’ declares יהוה of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the steadfast place shall be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it shall be cut off. For יהוה has spoken.’ ”
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Isaiah 22
22
Proclamation Against Jerusalem
1The burden against the Valley of Vision.
What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,
2You who are full of noise,
A tumultuous city, #Is. 32:13a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword,
Nor dead in battle.
3All your rulers have fled together;
They are captured by the archers.
All who are found in you are bound together;
They have fled from afar.
4Therefore I said, “Look away from me,
#Jer. 4:19I will weep bitterly;
Do not labor to comfort me
Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.”
5#Is. 37:3For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
#Lam. 1:5; 2:2By the Lord God of hosts
In the Valley of Vision—
Breaking down the walls
And of crying to the mountain.
6#Jer. 49:35Elam bore the quiver
With chariots of men and horsemen,
And #Is. 15:1Kir uncovered the shield.
7It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys
Shall be full of chariots,
And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
8#2 Kin. 18:15, 16He removed the protection of Judah.
You looked in that day to the armor #1 Kin. 7:2; 10:17of the House of the Forest;
9#2 Kin. 20:20; 2 Chr. 32:4; Neh. 3:16You also saw the damage to the city of David,
That it was great;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10You numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
And the houses you broke down
To fortify the wall.
11#Neh. 3:16You also made a reservoir between the two walls
For the water of the old #2 Kin. 20:20; 2 Chr. 32:3, 4pool.
But you did not look to its Maker,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
12And in that day the Lord God of hosts
#Is. 32:11; Joel 1:13; 2:17Called for weeping and for mourning,
#Ezra 9:3; Is. 15:2; Mic. 1:16For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
13But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and #Is. 5:11, 22; 28:7, 8; Luke 17:26–29drinking wine:
#Is. 56:12; 1 Cor. 15:32“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14#Is. 5:9Then it was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of hosts,
“Surely for this iniquity there #1 Sam. 3:14; Ezek. 24:13will be no atonement for you,
Even to your death,” says the Lord God of hosts.
The Judgment on Shebna
15Thus says the Lord God of hosts:
“Go, proceed to this steward,
To #2 Kin. 18:37; Is. 36:3Shebna, who is over the house, and say:
16‘What have you here, and whom have you here,
That you have hewn a sepulcher here,
As he #2 Sam. 18:18; 2 Chr. 16:14; Matt. 27:60who hews himself a sepulcher on high,
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
17Indeed, the Lord will throw you away violently,
O mighty man,
#Esth. 7:8And will surely seize you.
18He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball
Into a large country;
There you shall die, and there #Is. 2:7your glorious chariots
Shall be the shame of your master’s house.
19So I will drive you out of your office,
And from your position he will pull you down.
20‘Then it shall be in that day,
That I will call My servant #2 Kin. 18:18; Is. 36:3, 22; 37:2Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;
21I will clothe him with your robe
And strengthen him with your belt;
I will commit your responsibility into his hand.
He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
And to the house of Judah.
22The key of the house of David
I will lay on his #Is. 9:6shoulder;
So he shall #Job 12:14; Rev. 3:7open, and no one shall shut;
And he shall shut, and no one shall open.
23I will fasten him as #Ezra 9:8; Zech. 10:4a peg in a secure place,
And he will become a glorious throne to his father’s house.
24‘They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers. 25In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the Lord has spoken.’ ”
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