Isaiah 22

1 This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

2 O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.

3 All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.

4 Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

5 For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

6 Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.

7 Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.

8 He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

9 You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.

11 You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.

12 On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

13 But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

14 The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.

15 This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:

16 What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

17 Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,

18 roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.

19 I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.

20 On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

21 I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

22 I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

23 I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.

24 So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.

25 In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

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].

1 This is the burden of the valley of the shews: what is the matter with you, that ye all run upon the housetops?

2 Thou wast full of sound, a city of people, a joyful city. Thy slain are not slain with the sword, nor died in strife,

3 But all thy captains are fled before the bow, and are taken: all that were found in thee are taken, and fled far away.

4 Therefore I say, Lift up yourselves from me, let me weep bitterly; trouble not yourselves to comfort me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.

5 For it is a day of tumult, and of destruction, and of confusion, from the LORD of hosts in the valley of the rock, because of the pulling down of the walls, and the crying of the mountain.

6 For Elam cometh with quiver, and with chariots, and with men, and with horsemen; and Kir shineth with shields.

7 And it shall come to pass, that thy chosen valleys shall be full of chariots, and horsemen shall lie down before the gates.

8 And the veil of Judah shall be uncovered, and in that day shall be seen the stuff of the house of the forest.

9 And ye shall see many breaches in the city of David, and shall gather the waters into the lower pool.

10 Ye shall also number the houses of Jerusalem; yea, ye shall break down the houses to fortify the walls.

11 And ye shall make a trench between the two walls of the waters of the old pool. Ye shall not yet look upon him that doeth these things, neither shall ye look upon him that maketh them from afar.

12 Therefore shall the LORD of hosts call in that day to weep, and to mourn, and to be weighed down, and to put on sackcloth.

13 But now, behold, it is joy and gladness to kill oxen, and to slaughter sheep, and to eat flesh, and to drink wine, saying, Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

14 These things are manifest in the ears of the LORD of hosts. What matter if this iniquity be forgiven you until ye die? saith the LORD of hosts.

15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Go in unto Sebna the treasurer, the keeper of the horses, and say unto him:

16 What hast thou here? to whom dost thou belong, to hew thee a grave here, as he that heweth his grave on high, and as he that maketh his dwelling in the rock?

17 Behold, the LORD shall cast thee away, as a strong man casteth one away, and shall shut thee up,

18 And he shall compass thee about as an orb upon a far country: there shalt thou die, there shall thy precious chariots abide with reproach of the house of thy Lord.

19 And I will cast thee down from thy station, and from thy office will I set thee.

20 And in that day will I call unto my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,

21 And I will put thy robe upon him, and gird him with thy girdle, and put thy power into his hand; and he shall be the father of them that dwell at Jerusalem, and of the house of Judah.

22 And I will put the keys of the house of David upon his shoulder, that he may open, and that no man may shut, and that he may shut, and that no man may open.

23 And he shall put it for a nail in a strong place, and shall have the throne of honour in his father's house,

24 That all the glory of his father's house should be hanged upon him; his children, and his children's children, and all the little vessels, and the drinking vessels, and all manner of stringed instruments.

25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, the nail that is in the strong place shall be taken away, that it may break, and fall, and that the burden thereof may perish. For the LORD saith.