Isaiah 22
New American Standard Bible
The Valley of Vision
22 The pronouncement concerning the (A)valley of vision:
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.
12 Therefore on that day the Lord [l]God of armies called you to (Q)weeping, to wailing,
To (R)shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.
13 Instead, there is (S)joy and jubilation,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“(T)Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”
14 But the Lord of armies revealed Himself [m]to me:
“Certainly this (U)wrongdoing (V)will not be [n]forgiven you
(W)Until you die,” says the Lord [o]God of armies.
15 This is what the Lord [p]God of armies says:
“Come, go to this steward,
To (X)Shebna who is in charge of the royal household,
16 ‘What right do you have here,
And whom do you have here,
That you have (Y)cut out a tomb for yourself here,
You who cut out a tomb on the height,
You who carve a resting place for [q]yourself in the rock?
17 Behold, the Lord is about to hurl you violently, you strong man.
And He is about to grasp you firmly
18 And wrap you up tightly like a ball,
To be (Z)driven into a vast country;
There you will die,
And there your splendid chariots will be,
You shame of your master’s house!’
19 I will (AA)depose you from your office,
And [r]I will pull you down from your position.
20 Then it will come about on that day,
That I will summon My servant (AB)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
21 And I will clothe him with your tunic
And tie your sash securely around him.
I will hand your [s]authority over to him,
And he will become a (AC)father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22 Then I will put (AD)the key of the (AE)house of David on his shoulder;
When he opens, no one will shut,
When he shuts, no one will (AF)open.
23 I will drive him like a (AG)peg in a firm place,
And he will become a (AH)throne of glory to his father’s house.
24 So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the [t]descendants, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars. 25 On that day,” declares the Lord of armies, “the (AI)peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will even (AJ)break off and fall, and the load that is hanging on it will be cut off, for the (AK)Lord has spoken.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 22:2 Lit dead in battle
- Isaiah 22:3 Lit from a bow
- Isaiah 22:3 As in ancient versions; MT They fled far away
- Isaiah 22:4 Lit insist
- Isaiah 22:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:5 Or against
- Isaiah 22:6 Lit man
- Isaiah 22:8 Lit covering
- Isaiah 22:8 Lit looked to
- Isaiah 22:11 Or look to, consider
- Isaiah 22:11 Lit see Him
- Isaiah 22:12 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:14 Lit in my ears
- Isaiah 22:14 Lit atoned for
- Isaiah 22:14 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:16 Lit himself
- Isaiah 22:19 As in many ancient versions; MT He
- Isaiah 22:21 Lit dominion
- Isaiah 22:24 Or perhaps, leaf
Isaiah 22
New King James Version
Proclamation Against Jerusalem
22 The [a]burden against the Valley of Vision.
What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,
2 You who are full of noise,
A [b]tumultuous city, (A)a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword,
Nor dead in battle.
3 All your rulers have fled together;
They are captured by the archers.
All who are found in you are bound together;
They have fled from afar.
4 Therefore I said, “Look away from me,
(B)I will weep bitterly;
Do not labor to comfort me
Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.”
5 (C)For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
(D)By the Lord God of hosts
In the Valley of Vision—
Breaking down the walls
And of crying to the mountain.
6 (E)Elam bore the quiver
With chariots of men and horsemen,
And (F)Kir uncovered the shield.
7 It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys
Shall be full of chariots,
And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
8 (G)He removed the [c]protection of Judah.
You looked in that day to the armor (H)of the House of the Forest;
9 (I)You also saw the [d]damage to the city of David,
That it was great;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
And the houses you broke down
To fortify the wall.
11 (J)You also made a reservoir between the two walls
For the water of the old (K)pool.
But you did not look to its Maker,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
12 And in that day the Lord God of hosts
(L)Called for weeping and for mourning,
(M)For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
13 But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and (N)drinking wine:
(O)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14 (P)Then it was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of hosts,
“Surely for this iniquity there (Q)will be no atonement for you,
Even to your death,” says the Lord God of hosts.
The Judgment on Shebna
15 Thus says the Lord God of hosts:
“Go, proceed to this steward,
To (R)Shebna, who is over the house, and say:
16 ‘What have you here, and whom have you here,
That you have hewn a sepulcher here,
As he (S)who hews himself a sepulcher on high,
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
17 Indeed, the Lord will throw you away violently,
O mighty man,
(T)And will surely seize you.
18 He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball
Into a large country;
There you shall die, and there (U)your glorious chariots
Shall be the shame of your master’s house.
19 So I will drive you out of your office,
And from your position [e]he will pull you down.
20 ‘Then it shall be in that day,
That I will call My servant (V)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;
21 I will clothe him with your robe
And strengthen him with your belt;
I will commit your responsibility into his hand.
He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
And to the house of Judah.
22 The key of the house of David
I will lay on his (W)shoulder;
So he shall (X)open, and no one shall shut;
And he shall shut, and no one shall open.
23 I will fasten him as (Y)a peg in a secure place,
And he will become a glorious throne to his father’s house.
24 ‘They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers. 25 In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the Lord has spoken.’ ”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 22:1 oracle, prophecy
- Isaiah 22:2 boisterous
- Isaiah 22:8 Lit. covering
- Isaiah 22:9 Lit. breaches in the city walls
- Isaiah 22:19 LXX omits he will pull you down; Syr., Tg., Vg. I will pull you down
Isaías 22
La Biblia de las Américas
Profecía sobre el valle de la visión
22 Profecía sobre el[a] valle(A) de la visión.
¿Qué te pasa ahora, que has subido toda tú a los terrados(B)?
2 Tú, llena de bulla,
ciudad alborotada, ciudad divertida(C);
tus muertos no fueron muertos a espada(D),
tampoco murieron[b] en batalla.
3 Todos tus gobernantes han huido juntos,
sin arco han sido capturados;
todos los tuyos que hallaron fueron capturados a una,
aunque[c] habían huido lejos(E).
4 Por tanto digo: Apartad de mí la mirada,
dejadme llorar amargamente;
no tratéis de[d] consolarme por la destrucción de la hija de mi pueblo(F).
5 Pues hay un día de pánico(G), servidumbre(H) y confusión de parte del Señor, Dios[e](I) de los ejércitos,
en el valle de la visión(J),
un derribar de murallas
y un clamor al monte.
6 Elam(K) tomó la aljaba
con carros, infantería[f], y jinetes,
y Kir(L) desnudó el escudo.
7 Tus mejores valles estaban llenos de carros,
y los jinetes tomaron posiciones a la puerta.
8 Entonces cayó la defensa[g] de Judá.
Confiasteis[h] aquel día en las armas de la casa del bosque(M),
9 y visteis que eran muchas las brechas
en la muralla de la ciudad de David,
y recogisteis las aguas del estanque inferior(N).
10 Entonces contasteis las casas de Jerusalén,
y derribasteis casas para fortificar la muralla.
11 Hicisteis un depósito entre las dos murallas(O)
para las aguas del estanque viejo(P).
Pero no confiasteis en el[i] que lo hizo,
ni considerasteis[j] al que hace mucho tiempo lo planeó.
12 Por eso aquel día, el Señor, Dios de los ejércitos, os llamó a llanto y a lamento(Q),
a rapar la cabeza(R) y a vestir de cilicio.
13 Sin embargo[k] hay gozo y alegría,
matanza de bueyes y degüello de ovejas;
comiendo carne y bebiendo vino, dicen:
Comamos y bebamos, que mañana moriremos(S).
14 Pero el Señor de los ejércitos me reveló al oído:
Ciertamente esta iniquidad no os será perdonada[l](T)
hasta que muráis(U) —dice el Señor, Dios de los ejércitos.
15 Así dice el Señor, Dios de los ejércitos:
Anda, ve a ese mayordomo,
a Sebna(V), que está encargado de la casa real, y dile:
16 «¿Qué es tuyo aquí,
y a quién tienes aquí,
que te has labrado aquí un sepulcro,
como el que labra en alto un sepulcro,
como el que esculpe una morada para sí en la peña(W)?
17 He aquí, oh hombre, el Señor te arrojará con violencia;
te asirá firmemente,
18 te enrollará bien como una pelota,
y te lanzará a una tierra muy[m] espaciosa(X).
Allí morirás y allí quedarán tus magníficos carros,
oh tú, vergüenza de la casa de tu Señor».
19 Te depondré de tu cargo,
y te derribaré[n] de tu puesto(Y).
20 Y sucederá en aquel día,
que llamaré a mi siervo Eliaquim, hijo de Hilcías(Z),
21 lo vestiré con tu túnica,
con tu cinturón lo ceñiré,
tu autoridad[o] pondré en su mano,
y llegará a ser un padre(AA) para los habitantes de Jerusalén
y para la casa de Judá.
22 Entonces pondré la llave de la casa de David(AB) sobre su hombro;
cuando él abra, nadie cerrará,
cuando él cierre, nadie abrirá(AC).
23 Lo clavaré como clavija en lugar seguro(AD),
y será un trono(AE) de gloria para la casa de su padre.
24 Y colgarán de él toda la gloria de la casa de su padre, descendencia y prole[p], todas las vasijas menores, desde los tazones hasta los[q] cántaros. 25 En aquel día —declara el Señor de los ejércitos— la clavija(AF) clavada en un lugar firme se aflojará, se quebrará y caerá, y la carga colgada de ella será destruida(AG), porque el Señor ha hablado(AH).
Footnotes
- Isaías 22:1 O, Carga del
- Isaías 22:2 Lit., muertos
- Isaías 22:3 Así en algunas versiones antiguas; el heb. omite: aunque
- Isaías 22:4 Lit., insistáis en
- Isaías 22:5 Heb., YHWH, generalmente traducido Señor; y así en el resto del cap.
- Isaías 22:6 Lit., hombres
- Isaías 22:8 Lit., quitó la cobertura
- Isaías 22:8 Lit., Miraste
- Isaías 22:11 Lit., mirasteis al
- Isaías 22:11 Lit., visteis
- Isaías 22:13 Lit., Y he aquí
- Isaías 22:14 Lit., expiada
- Isaías 22:18 Lit., a ambas manos
- Isaías 22:19 Así en algunas versiones antiguas; en heb., y Él te derribará
- Isaías 22:21 Lit., dominio
- Isaías 22:24 O, quizá, hoja
- Isaías 22:24 Lit., todos los
以赛亚书 22
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
关于耶路撒冷的预言
22 以下是关于异象谷[a]的预言：
为什么你们全城的人都上到房顶呢？
2 你们这座充满喧闹、骚动和欢乐的城啊，
你们中间被杀的人既非丧身刀下，
也非死于战场。
3 你们的官长一起逃跑，
一箭未发便束手就缚，
逃到远方的也一同被擒。
4 所以，我说：“你们不要管我，
让我痛哭一场吧！
不要安慰我，
我的同胞都被毁灭了。”
5 主——万军之耶和华已经定了日子，
要使耶路撒冷饱受恐慌、
失败和混乱，
城墙被攻破，
哭喊声响彻山间。
6 以拦人带着箭袋，
率领战车和骑兵前来，
吉珥人也亮出盾牌。
7 你们佳美的山谷中布满战车，
骑兵在你们的城门前列阵。
8 犹大毫无防卫之力。
那时，你们依靠藏在林宫里的兵器。 9 你们看见大卫城破口累累，你们储存下池的水， 10 数点耶路撒冷城的房屋，把房屋拆掉修补城墙。 11 又在两道城墙之间建造新的蓄水池，用来盛旧池的水。耶和华从古时已定了这一切，要使这一切发生，但你们既不仰望祂，也不理会祂。
12 那日，万军之耶和华呼召你们哭泣哀号，
剃光头发，身披麻衣。
13 但你们还是欢喜作乐，
宰牛杀羊，喝酒吃肉，说：
“让我们吃喝吧！
因为明天我们就死了。”
14 万军之耶和华启示我说：
“你们这罪到死也得不到赦免。
这是主——万军之耶和华说的。”
15 主——万军之耶和华吩咐我去见宫廷总管舍伯那，对他说： 16 “你在这里做什么？你凭什么在这里为自己挖坟墓，在高处为自己挖坟墓，在磐石上为自己凿安息之所？ 17 看啊，你这有权有势的人，耶和华必紧紧抓住你，把你猛力抛开。 18 祂必把你揉作一团，像球一样扔到宽阔之地。在那里，你必死亡，你华美的战车也必遭毁灭，你是你主人家的羞辱。” 19 耶和华对舍伯那说：“我必解除你的官职，把你从高位上拉下来。
20 “到那日，我必召来我的仆人——希勒迦的儿子以利亚敬， 21 给他穿上你的朝服，系上你的腰带，把你的权柄交给他。他必像父亲一样保护耶路撒冷和犹大的人民。 22 我必把大卫家的钥匙交给他。他开启的，没有人能关；他关闭的，没有人能开。 23 我要使他像深嵌在坚固之处的橛子一样稳固，他必给他的家族带来尊荣。 24 他所有的亲属都靠他得荣耀，如同杯子和酒瓶等小器皿挂在一个橛子上。”
25 万军之耶和华说：“到那日，牢牢钉在坚固之处的钉子必松动，被砍落在地上，挂在上面的东西必被除掉。这是耶和华说的。”
Footnotes
- 22:1 “异象谷”指耶路撒冷。
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