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Isaiah 22

English Standard Version ESV

1 The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,

2 you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle.

3 All your leaders have fled together; without the bow they were captured. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.

4 Therefore I said: "Look away from me; let me weep bitter tears; do not labor to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people."

5 For the Lord GOD of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the valley of vision, a battering down of walls and a shouting to the mountains.

6 And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.

8 He has taken away the covering of Judah.In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,

9 and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many. You collected the waters of the lower pool,

10 and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.

11 You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.

12 In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;

13 and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

14 The LORD of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: "Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die," says the Lord GOD of hosts.

15 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:

16 What have you to do here, and whom have you here, that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock?

17 Behold, the LORD will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. He will seize firm hold on you

18 and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be your glorious chariots, you shame of your master's house.

19 I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your station.

20 In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,

21 and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your sash on him, and will commit your authority to his hand. And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

22 And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

23 And I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father's house.

24 And they will hang on him the whole honor of his father's house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.

25 In that day, declares the LORD of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken."

Common English Bible CEB

1 An oracle about the Valley of Vision. What is wrong with you, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

2 you who are filled with noise, you roaring city, you party town? Your dead weren't slaughtered by the sword; they didn't die in battle.

3 All your leaders escaped together but were captured without a single bow shot. All your escapees were bound together, even though they fled far away.

4 Therefore, I said, "Don't look at me; let me weep bitterly. Don't try to comfort me about the destruction of my dearly loved people."

5 The LORD God of heavenly forces has a day of tumult and trampling and turmoil in the Valley of Vision, a breaking down of walls, a cry for help to the mountains.

6 Elam carried the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

7 Your finest valleys were filled with chariots, and horsemen doggedly guarded the gate.

8 Judah's covering has been stripped away. On that day, you trusted the weapons in the Forest House.

9 You observed the many broken defenses in David's City, and you collected the waters of the lower pool.

10 You counted Jerusalem's houses, and you tore down houses to fortify the wall.

11 You made a reservoir between the walls for the water of the earlier pool. But you didn't trust its maker; you didn't consider the one who planned it long ago.

12 The LORD God of heavenly forces called on that day for weeping and mourning, and shaven heads, and wearing of mourning clothes.

13 But instead there was fun and frivolity, killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: "Eat and drink! Tomorrow we will die!"

14 But the LORD of heavenly forces has revealed in my hearing: This iniquity won't be forgiven you until you die, says the LORD God of heavenly forces.

15 The LORD God of heavenly forces says, Go now to this official, to Shebna, who is in charge of the house, and say to him:

16 What do you have here—and whom do you have here— that you have hewed out a tomb for yourself, you who cuts his grave on high and carves himself a home in the cliff?

17 The LORD is about to hurl you down, mighty man! He is surely going to cover you with darkness;

18 he will indeed unroll your head wrapping, rolling it like a ball into the open country. There you will die, with your glorious chariots, you disgrace to the house of your master!

19 I will thrust you from your monument; you will be pulled down from your platform.

20 On that day, I will call my servant Eliakim, Hilkiah's son.

21 I will give him your robe and wrap him in your sash, and I will hand over to him your authority. He will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

22 I will place the key to David's house on his shoulder; what he opens no one will close, and what he closes no one will open.

23 I will fasten him securely like a tent peg, and he will be a throne of honor for his ancestors' house.

24 All the honor of his household will hang on him, the offspring and the offshoots, every little dish, every bowl, every jar.

25 On that day, says the LORD of heavenly forces, the peg that is fastened securely will give way; it will be cut down, and it will fall, and all the load hanging on it will be lost. The LORD has spoken.