Isaiah 22
International Standard Version
Jerusalem is Rebuked
22 A message[a] concerning the Valley of Vision.[b]
“What troubles you,
now that you’ve all gone up
to the rooftops,
2 you who are full of commotion,
you passionate city,
you rollicking town?
Your slain weren’t killed by the sword,
nor are they dead in battle.
3 All your leaders have fled together;
she is captured[c] without using bows.
All of you who were caught were captured together,
although they had fled
while the enemy was still[d] far away.
4 Therefore I said:
“Look away from me;
and let me weep bitter tears;
don’t try to console[e] me
over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”[f]
5 For to the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies
belongs the day of tumult, trampling, and confusion
in the Valley of Vision,[g]
and the pulling down of his Temple on[h] its mountain.
6 Elam takes up the quiver
with chariots and cavalry,
while Kir unsheathes the shield.
7 And it will come about[i]
that your choicest valleys will be filled with chariots,
and horsemen will take their positions at the gates.
8 He has uncovered the defenses of Judah.”
At that time,[j] you looked at the arsenal of the Palace of the Forest,[k] 9 and saw that there were many breaches in the City of David. So you stored up water from the Lower Pool, 10 counted the houses of Jerusalem, tore down certain houses to strengthen the wall, 11 and built a reservoir between the walls to store water from the Old Pool. But you did not look at[l] the One who did it, nor did you see the One who planned it long ago.
12 On that day the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies
called for weeping and mourning,
for shaving heads[m] and wearing sackcloth.
13 But look!
There is joy and festivity,
slaughtering of cattle
and killing of sheep,
eating meat
and drinking[n] wine.
“Let us eat and drink, you say,
because we die tomorrow.”
14 “Nevertheless, the Lord of the Heavenly Armies has revealed himself to my hearing:
‘“Surely because of you[o]
this iniquity will not be forgiven
you until you die,’
says the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies.”
The Lord Rebukes Shebna
15 This is what the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies[p] says:
“Come, go to this steward, to Shebna who is in charge of the household, and ask him: 16 ‘What are you doing here, and who are your relatives here[q] that you could carve out a grave for yourself here—cutting out a tomb at the choicest location,[r] chiseling out a resting place for yourself out of solid rock? 17 Look Out! The Lord is about to hurl you away violently, my strong fellow! He[s] will fold you up completely, 18 rolling you up tightly like a ball and throwing you into a large country. There[t] you will die, and there[u] your splendid chariots will lie. You’re a disgrace to your master’s house! 19 I will depose you from your office, ousting you[v] from your position.
20 “At that time,[w] I’ll call for my servant, Hilkiah’s[x] son Eliakim, 21 and I’ll clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him. I’ll transfer your authority to him,[y] and he’ll be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22 “I’ll place on his shoulder the key to the house of David—what he opens, no one will shut, and what he shuts, no one will open. 23 I’ll set him like a peg into a secure place; he will become a throne of honor to his father’s house. 24 The entire reputation of his father’s house will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its smaller vessels, from the cups to all the jars. 25 At that time,”[z] declares the Lord[aa] of the Heavenly Armies, “the peg that was driven into a secure place will give way; it will be sheared and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.”
The Lord has spoken.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 22:1 Lit. An oracle
- Isaiah 22:1 I.e. a poetic allusion to the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem
- Isaiah 22:3 So 1QIsaa; MT reads they were captured
- Isaiah 22:3 The Heb. lacks while the enemy was still
- Isaiah 22:4 Lit. don’t insist on consoling
- Isaiah 22:4 I.e. the Lord’s beloved people
- Isaiah 22:5 I.e. a poetic allusion to the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem
- Isaiah 22:5 Or his Holy Place on; so 1QIsaa; MT reads and a crying out for help to
- Isaiah 22:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads it came about
- Isaiah 22:8 Lit. On that day
- Isaiah 22:8 Cf. 1King 10:16-17
- Isaiah 22:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX 4QIsac read to
- Isaiah 22:12 Lit. for baldness
- Isaiah 22:13 So 1QIsaa MT; 1QIsac reads and they drink
- Isaiah 22:14 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX lack because of you
- Isaiah 22:15 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXX read Lord of the Heavenly Armies
- Isaiah 22:16 Lit. whom do you have here
- Isaiah 22:16 Lit. at the height
- Isaiah 22:17 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsaa 4QIsab MT LXX read And he
- Isaiah 22:18 So 4QIsaf; 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsaa MT read To there; cf. LXX
- Isaiah 22:18 So 4QIsaf; 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsaa MT read and to there; cf. LXX
- Isaiah 22:19 Lit. he has ousted you; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsaf MT LXXms read he will oust you; LXX lacks he has ousted you
- Isaiah 22:20 Lit. On that day
- Isaiah 22:20 Lit. Hilkyah; so 1QIsaa 4QIsaf
- Isaiah 22:21 Lit. to his hand
- Isaiah 22:25 Lit. On that day
- Isaiah 22:25 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsaf reads the Lord God
Isaiah 22
Lexham English Bible
Oracle against Jerusalem
22 The oracle of the valley of vision:
What business do you have going[a] up, all of you, to the roofs,
2 noisy,[b] tumultuous city,
exultant town?
Your slain are not slain by the sword,
nor are they dead from battle.
3 All of your rulers have fled together without a bow;
all of you who were found[c] were captured.
They were captured together;
they had fled far away.
4 Therefore I said,
“Look away from me,
let me weep bitterly;[d]
you must not insist on comforting me
for the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
5 For the Lord Yahweh of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion[e] in the valley of vision,
a tearing down of walls[f] and a cry for help to the mountains.[g]
6 And Elam lifted up the quiver,
with chariots[h] of men[i] and cavalry.
And Kir uncovered the shield.
7 And this happened:
the choicest of your valleys were full of chariots,[j]
and the cavalry confidently stood at the gate.
8 And he uncovered the covering of Judah.
And you looked, on that day, to the weapons[k] of the House of the Forest,
9 and you saw that the breaches in the walls of the city of David were many,
and you gathered 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 And you made a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the old pool,
but you did not look to its maker,
and you did not see the one who created it long ago.[l]
12 And the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, called on that day
for weeping and mourning,
and for baldness and girding with[m] sackcloth.
13 But look! Joy and gladness,
the killing of oxen[n] and the slaughtering of sheep,
the eating of meat and the drinking of wine!
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14 And it was revealed in my ears by Yahweh of hosts:
“Surely this sin will not be atoned for you until you die!”
says the Lord, Yahweh of hosts.
Oracle regarding Shebna
15 The Lord, Yahweh of hosts, says this:
“Go! Go to this steward, to Shebna,
who is over the house:
16 ‘What business do you have[o] here,
and who do you have[p] here,
that you have cut a grave cutting here for yourself,
carving his grave on the height,
a dwelling place for him in the rock?
17 Look! Yahweh is about to really hurl[q] you, man!
And he is about to grasp you firmly;
18 he will wind a winding tightly around you like a ball, to a wide land.[r]
There you shall die,
and there the chariots of your splendor will be,
disgrace to your master’s house!
19 And I will push you from your office,
and he will throw you down from your position.
20 And this shall happen:
On that day I will call to my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah,
21 and I will clothe him with your tunic,
and I will bind your sash firmly about him,
and I will put your authority into his hand,
and he shall be like a father to the inhabitants[s] of Jerusalem
and to the house of Judah.
22 And I will put the key of the house of David on his shoulder,
and he shall open and no one will be able to shut;
and he shall shut and no one will be able to open.
23 And I will drive him in like a peg into a secure place,
and he will become like a throne of glory to the house of his father.
24 And they will hang all of the heaviness of his father’s house on him,
the offspring and the offshoot,
all of the small vessels,
from the bowls to the jars.[t]
25 On that day, declares[u] Yahweh of hosts, the peg that was driven will move away into a secure place, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on her will be cut off. For Yahweh has spoken.’”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 22:1 Literally “What to you then that you have gone”
- Isaiah 22:2 Literally “full of noises”
- Isaiah 22:3 Literally “your found ones”
- Isaiah 22:4 Literally “be bitter in weeping”
- Isaiah 22:5 These three Hebrew words are alliterative: mehûmâûmeḇûsâûmeḇûḵâ
- Isaiah 22:5 Hebrew “wall”
- Isaiah 22:5 Hebrew “mountain”
- Isaiah 22:6 Hebrew “chariot”
- Isaiah 22:6 Hebrew “man”
- Isaiah 22:7 Hebrew “chariot”
- Isaiah 22:8 Hebrew “weapon”
- Isaiah 22:11 Literally “its creator from far away”
- Isaiah 22:12 Literally “of”
- Isaiah 22:13 Hebrew “ox”
- Isaiah 22:16 Literally “to you”
- Isaiah 22:16 Literally “to you”
- Isaiah 22:17 Literally “hurl a hurling”
- Isaiah 22:18 Literally “land broad of sides”
- Isaiah 22:21 Hebrew “inhabitant”
- Isaiah 22:24 Literally “vessels of the bowls to all of the vessels of the jars”
- Isaiah 22:25 Literally “declaration of”
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