Isaiah 22:1-13

New American Standard Bible

What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the ^(B)housetops?
² You who were full of noise,
You tumultuous town, you ^(C)jubilant city;
Your dead were ^(D)not killed with the sword,
Nor ^[a]did they die in battle.
^3 (E)All your rulers have fled together,
And have been captured ^[b]without the bow;
All of you who were found were taken captive together,
^[c]Though they had fled far away.
⁴ Therefore I say, “Look away from me,
Let me ^(F)weep bitterly,
Do not ^[d]try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
^5 (G)For the Lord ^[e]God of armies has a ^(H)day of panic, ^(I)subjugation, and confusion
^(J)In the valley of vision,
A breaking down of walls
And a crying ^[f]to the mountain.
^6 (K)Elam picked up the quiver,
With the chariots, ^[g]infantry, and horsemen;
And ^(L)Kir uncovered the shield.
⁷ Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
And the horsemen took positions at the gate.
⁸ And He removed the ^[h]defense of Judah.
On that day you ^[i]depended on the weapons of the ^(M)house of the forest,
⁹ And you saw that the breaches
In the wall of the city of David were many;
And you ^(N)collected the waters of the lower pool.
¹⁰ Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem
And tore down houses to fortify the wall.
¹¹ And you made a reservoir ^(O)between the two walls
For the waters of the ^(P)old pool.
But you did not ^[j]depend on Him who made it,
Nor did you ^[k]take into consideration Him who planned it long ago.