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Isaiah 22
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1The Word of the Valley of Sion. What has happened to thee , that now ye are all gone up to the housetops which help you not?
1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2The city is filled with shouting [men]: thy slain are not slain with swords, nor are thy dead those who have died in battle.
2Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
3All thy princes have fled , and [thy] captives are tightly bound, and the mighty [men] in thee have fled far away.
3All 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.
4Therefore I said , Let me alone, I will weep bitterly; labour not to comfort me for the breach of the daughter of my people.
4Therefore 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.
5For [it is] a day of trouble, and of destruction, and of treading down, and [there is] perplexity [sent] from the Lord of hosts: they wander in the valley of Sion; they wander from the least to the greatest on the mountains.
5For 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.
6And the Elamites took [their] quivers, and [there were] men mounted on horses, and [there was] a gathering for battle.
6And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
7And it shall be [that] thy choice valleys shall be filled with chariots, and horsemen shall block up thy gates.
7And 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.
8And they shall uncover the gates of Juda, and they shall look in that day on the choice houses of the city.
8And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
9And they shall uncover the secret places of the houses of the citadel of David: and they saw that they were many, and that one [had] turned the water of the old pool into the city;
9Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10and that they [had] pulled down the houses of Jerusalem, to fortify the wall of the city.
10And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
11And ye procured to yourselves water between the two walls within the ancient pool: but ye looked not to him that made it from the beginning, and regarded not him that created it .
11Ye 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.
12And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and lamentation, and baldness, and for girding with sackcloth:
12And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
13but they engaged in joy and gladness, slaying calves, and killing sheep, so as to eat flesh, and drink wine; saying, Let us eat and drink; for to -morrow we die.
13And 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.
14And these things are revealed in the ears of the Lord of hosts: for this sin shall not be forgiven you, until ye die.
14And 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.
15Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Go into the chamber, to Somnas the treasurer, and say to him, Why art thou here?
15Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
16and what hast thou to do here, that thou hast here hewn thyself a sepulchre , and madest thyself a sepulchre on high, and hast graven for thyself a dwelling in the rock?
16What 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?
17Behold now, the Lord of hosts casts forth and will utterly destroy [such] a man, and will take away thy robe and thy glorious crown,
17Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
18and will cast thee into a great and unmeasured land, and there thou shalt die: and he will bring thy fair chariot to shame, and the house of thy prince to be trodden down.
18He 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.
19And thou shalt be removed from thy stewardship, and from thy place.
19And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
20And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Chelcias:
20And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
21and I will put on him thy robe, and I will grant him thy crown with power, and I will give thy stewardship into his hands: and he shall be as a father to them that dwell in Jerusalem, and to them that dwell in Juda.
21And 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.
22And I will give him the glory of David; and he shall rule, and there shall be none to speak against him: and I will give him the key of the house of David [upon] his shoulder; and he shall open, and there shall be none to shut; and he shall shut, and there shall be none to open.
22And 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.
23And I will make him a ruler in a sure place, and he shall be for a glorious throne of his father's house.
23And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.
24And every one that is glorious in the house of his father shall trust in him, from the least to the greatest; and they shall depend upon him in that day.
24And 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.
25Thus saith the Lord of hosts, The man that is fastened in the sure place shall be removedand be taken away, and shall fall; and the glory that is upon him shall be utterly destroyed: for the Lord has spoken it.
25In 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.