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Gods woorden over Jeruzalem

22 Jesaja zegt: Dit is wat de Heer me in het dal liet zien. Ik zag het vóór me, als in een droom.

Mensen, waarom klimmen jullie op de daken van jullie huizen? Wat is er aan de hand? Luister, jij rumoerige, levendige, vrolijke stad! Je bewoners zijn niet eervol met het zwaard gedood in de strijd! Nee, al je aanvoerders zijn laf gevlucht. En ze zijn door de boogschutters gevangen genomen. Iedereen die werd gevonden, werd gebonden, hoe ver hij ook was gevlucht. Daarom zeg ik: Laat me alleen, om te huilen. Probeer niet om me te troosten. Want de steden van mijn volk zijn verwoest. De Heer, de Heer van de hemelse legers, heeft gezorgd voor een dag van angst en verwarring en verwoesting.[a]

Dit is wat de Heer me in het dal liet zien: muren die neergehaald zijn. Geschreeuw dat tot in de bergen te horen is. Strijdwagens en ruiters met pijl en boog zijn uit Elam gekomen. Soldaten uit Kir lopen met ontblote schilden. Wagens zullen jullie prachtige dalen vullen. Ruiters zullen zich opstellen bij de poorten van de stad. De Heer zal Juda niet langer beschermen. In die tijd zullen jullie de wapens uit het paleis 'Bos van de Libanon' halen.[b] En jullie zullen zorgelijk kijken naar de vele scheuren in de muren van de 'Stad van David'.[c] Jullie zullen water verzamelen uit de benedenste vijver als voorraad. 10 Jullie zullen de huizen van Jeruzalem één voor één bekijken om te zien welke huizen jullie zullen afbreken. Want met die stenen willen jullie de muur versterken. 11 Jullie zullen een waterbak maken tussen de twee muren, om er het water van de Oude Vijver in te bewaren. Maar jullie willen niet om hulp vragen aan Hem die dit allemaal heeft veroorzaakt. Jullie gaan niet naar Hem die dit lang geleden al had besloten. 12 In die tijd zal de Heer jullie oproepen om te treuren en te huilen. Hij hoopt dat jullie je haar zullen afscheren en rouwkleren zullen aantrekken als teken van spijt. 13 Maar jullie luisteren er niet naar. Jullie gaan door met feestvieren met veel vlees en wijn. Jullie slachten maar koeien, doden maar schapen en drinken maar wijn. Jullie zeggen: 'Laten we eten en drinken, want het leven is maar kort!' 14 Maar de Heer van de hemelse legers heeft mij laten weten: "Hiervoor zullen ze hun hele leven geen vergeving krijgen, zegt de Heer, de Heer van de hemelse legers."

Gods woorden over aanvoerder Sibna

15 Dit zei de Heer van de hemelse legers tegen mij: "Ga naar hofmaarschalk Sibna. Zeg tegen hem: 16 Wie denkt u dat u bent, en wat denkt u dat u bent, dat u een prachtig graf voor uzelf hier in de rotsen laat uithakken? 17 De Heer zal u met een grote zwaai wegslingeren, zoals een mens iets ver weg gooit. En dan zal Hij u bedekken. 18 Hij zal u oppakken als een bal en u wegslingeren naar een ver en groot land. Daar zult u sterven. En daar zullen uw mooie strijdwagens terechtkomen. Want u bent een schande voor uw koning! 19 Daarom zal Ik u uw baan afnemen. Ik zal u ontslaan.

20 En dan zal Ik mijn dienaar Eljakim roepen, de zoon van Hilkia. 21 Ik zal uw taak aan hém geven. Hij zal de kleren en de gordel van een hofmaarschalk mogen dragen. Hij zal het werk mogen doen dat u tot dan toe deed. Hij zal als een vader zorgen voor de bewoners van Jeruzalem en voor het volk van Juda. 22 Ik zal hem de sleutel van het koninkrijk van David geven. Als hij opendoet, kan niemand sluiten. Als hij sluit, kan niemand opendoen.[d] 23 Ik zal hem stevig doen staan, zo stevig als een spijker in de muur. Zijn hele familie zal erdoor worden geëerd dat hij dit werk mag doen. 24 Maar de grote verantwoordelijkheid zal op hem drukken. Zijn hele familie zal aan hem trekken en hangen. Ze zullen zijn als potten, kruiken en pannen die met z'n allen aan één spijker worden gehangen. 25 In die tijd zal de spijker, die zo stevig in de muur zat, het niet houden. Hij zal losraken, afbreken en vallen. Zo zal ook Eljakim vallen. En alles wat aan de spijker hing, zal breken. De Heer van de hemelse legers heeft het gezegd en Hij zal het ook doen."

Footnotes

  1. Jesaja 22:5 Ongeveer 100 jaar nadat Jesaja dit had gezegd, werd Jeruzalem veroverd door koning Nebukadnezar.
  2. Jesaja 22:8 'Bos van de Libanon' was de naam van het paleis dat koning Salomo had gebouwd. Lees 1 Koningen 7:1.
  3. Jesaja 22:9 'Stad van David' was het gedeelte van Jeruzalem waar de burcht van Jeruzalem was en waar koning David vroeger zijn paleis had gebouwd. Lees 2 Samuel 5:7 en 9.
  4. Jesaja 22:22 Dit betekent dat de Heer hem een heel belangrijke plaats gaf. Hij had de hoogste macht in het koninkrijk. Vergelijk dit met Openbaring 3:7.

A Prophecy About Jerusalem

22 A prophecy(A) against the Valley(B) of Vision:(C)

What troubles you now,
    that you have all gone up on the roofs,(D)
you town so full of commotion,
    you city of tumult(E) and revelry?(F)
Your slain(G) were not killed by the sword,(H)
    nor did they die in battle.
All your leaders have fled(I) together;
    they have been captured(J) without using the bow.
All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,
    having fled while the enemy was still far away.
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep(K) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”(L)

The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day(M)
    of tumult and trampling(N) and terror(O)
    in the Valley of Vision,(P)
a day of battering down walls(Q)
    and of crying out to the mountains.
Elam(R) takes up the quiver,(S)
    with her charioteers and horses;
    Kir(T) uncovers the shield.
Your choicest valleys(U) are full of chariots,
    and horsemen are posted at the city gates.(V)

The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah,
    and you looked in that day(W)
    to the weapons(X) in the Palace of the Forest.(Y)
You saw that the walls of the City of David
    were broken through(Z) in many places;
you stored up water
    in the Lower Pool.(AA)
10 You counted the buildings in Jerusalem
    and tore down houses(AB) to strengthen the wall.(AC)
11 You built a reservoir between the two walls(AD)
    for the water of the Old Pool,(AE)
but you did not look to the One who made it,
    or have regard(AF) for the One who planned(AG) it long ago.

12 The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    called you on that day(AH)
to weep(AI) and to wail,
    to tear out your hair(AJ) and put on sackcloth.(AK)
13 But see, there is joy and revelry,(AL)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!(AM)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”(AN)

14 The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing:(AO) “Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned(AP) for,” says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

15 This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“Go, say to this steward,
    to Shebna(AQ) the palace(AR) administrator:(AS)
16 What are you doing here and who gave you permission
    to cut out a grave(AT) for yourself(AU) here,
hewing your grave on the height
    and chiseling your resting place in the rock?

17 “Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you
    and hurl(AV) you away, you mighty man.
18 He will roll you up tightly like a ball
    and throw(AW) you into a large country.
There you will die
    and there the chariots(AX) you were so proud of
    will become a disgrace to your master’s house.
19 I will depose you from your office,
    and you will be ousted(AY) from your position.(AZ)

20 “In that day(BA) I will summon my servant,(BB) Eliakim(BC) son of Hilkiah. 21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash(BD) around him and hand your authority(BE) over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. 22 I will place on his shoulder(BF) the key(BG) to the house of David;(BH) what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.(BI) 23 I will drive him like a peg(BJ) into a firm place;(BK) he will become a seat[a] of honor(BL) for the house of his father. 24 All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.

25 “In that day,(BM)” declares the Lord Almighty, “the peg(BN) driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.” The Lord has spoken.(BO)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:23 Or throne

22 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

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.

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.

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.

And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

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.

And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

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.

An Oracle Concerning Jerusalem

22 The (A)oracle concerning (B)the valley of vision.

What do you mean that you have gone up,
    all of you, to the housetops,
you who are full of shoutings,
    tumultuous city, (C)exultant town?
Your slain are (D)not slain with the sword
    or dead in battle.
(E)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.
Therefore I said:
“Look away from me;
    (F)let me weep bitter tears;
do not labor to comfort me
    concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

(G)For the Lord God of hosts has (H)a day
    of tumult and (I)trampling and (J)confusion
    in (K)the valley of vision,
a battering down of walls
    and a shouting to the mountains.
And (L)Elam bore the quiver
    with chariots and horsemen,
    and (M)Kir uncovered the shield.
Your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
    and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.
He has taken away (N)the covering of Judah.

In that day you looked to (O)the weapons of the House of the Forest, and you saw that (P)the breaches of the city of David were many. (Q)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 (R)You made a reservoir between (S)the two walls for the water of (T)the old pool. But (U)you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.

12 In that day (V)the Lord God of hosts
    called for weeping and mourning,
    for (W)baldness and (X)wearing sackcloth;
13 and behold, joy and gladness,
    killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
    eating flesh and drinking wine.
(Y)“Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”
14 The Lord of hosts (Z)has revealed himself in my ears:
“Surely (AA)this iniquity will not be atoned for you (AB)until you die,”
    says the Lord God of hosts.

15 Thus says the Lord God of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, to (AC)Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him: 16 What have you to do here, and whom have you here, (AD)that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you (AE)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. (AF)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 (AG)your glorious chariots, you shame of your master's house. 19 (AH)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 (AI)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, 21 and (AJ)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 (AK)a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. 22 And I will place (AL)on his shoulder (AM)the key of the house of David. (AN)He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 23 And I will fasten him (AO)like a peg in a secure place, and he will become (AP)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, (AQ)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.”