Isaiah 22
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 22
Jerusalem[a]
1 An oracle concerning the Valley of Vision:[b]
What possible reason can there be
for all of you to have gone up on the housetops,
2 dwellers in a city full of commotion,
a city exultant and filled with tumult?
Your slain did not fall by the sword,
nor did they perish in battle.
3 All your leaders fled away together,
only to be captured
without a weapon to defend themselves.
All of them who were found were captured
even though they had fled in all directions.
4 That is the reason why I said:
Turn your eyes away from me;
let me weep bitterly.
Do not try to console me
about the destruction of my people.
5 For this is a day ordained by the Lord of hosts,
a day of rout, tumult, and confusion
in the Valley of Vision,
a day on which walls will be battered down
and cries for help echo through the mountains.
6 Elam has taken up his quiver,
the chariots of Aram have their horses prepared,
and Kir has bared his shield.
7 Your fairest valleys are filled with chariots,
and the cavalry stands ready at the gates;
8 the Lord has removed his sheltering hand from Judah.
On that day you checked out the supply of weapons in the House of the Forest.[c] 9 You observed that there were many breaches in the City of David, and you collected the waters of the lower pool. 10 You counted the buildings in Jerusalem, and you tore down some to strengthen the wall. 11 Between the two walls you constructed a reservoir for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to the city’s Maker or give a thought to him who built it long ago.
12 On that day the Lord,
the Lord of hosts,
called on you to eat and mourn,
to shave your head and put on sackcloth.
13 But instead you indulged in joy and merriment,
the killing of oxen and the slaughtering of sheep,
the eating of meat and the drinking of wine,
saying, “Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”
14 Then the Lord of hosts revealed this to me:
This wickedness will not be forgiven you
until you die,
says the Lord God of hosts.
Shebna and Eliakim
15 Thus says the Lord God of hosts:
Go forth and find that official,
Shebna, the master of the palace, and say:
16 What are you doing here,
and who gave you permission
to hew a tomb for yourself here?
By what right have you hewn your grave on a height
and chiseled out your tomb in the rock?
17 The Lord is about to hurl you away violently;
he will grasp you firmly
18 and roll you up and throw you like a ball
into a vast expanse.
There you will die,
and there your splendid chariots will lie;
you are a disgrace to your master’s household.
19 I will remove you from your office,
and you will be pulled down from your post.
20 On that day I will summon
my servant Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah.
21 I will clothe him with your robe
and place your sash around his waist,
and I will bestow upon him your authority.
He will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
and to the house of Judah.
22 I will place on his shoulder
the key of the house of David.
When he opens,
no one will close;
when he closes,
no one will open.[d]
23 I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place,
and he will become a throne of honor for his family.
24 Upon him will depend all the glory of his family,
his descendants, and his offspring,
and even the smallest vessels, from cups to pitchers.
25 On that day, says the Lord of hosts,
the peg that was securely fastened
will give way, break loose, and fall,
and whatever had been hanging on it will be lost.
For the Lord has spoken.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 22:1 Delighted by a passing military success, or by the defeat of Sennacherib in 701 B.C. (Isa 36–37), the city celebrates. The inhabitants are proud of their preparations for war, their strengthened defenses, and the subterranean channel which King Hezekiah had had dug in order to provide the city with drinking water.
- Isaiah 22:1 Valley of Vision: the valley around southeastern Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 22:8 House of the Forest: a hall supported by cedar columns and serving as an armory; see 1 Ki 7:2-5; 10:17.
- Isaiah 22:22 Key . . . close . . . open: symbolizes the power to govern.
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
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