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
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Profecía acerca del valle de la visión
22 Profecía acerca del valle de la visión.
¿Qué te pasa, que has subido a las azoteas con todos los tuyos? 2 Tú, ciudad turbulenta y alegre, llena de alborotos: tus muertos no murieron a filo de espada, ni cayeron en batalla. 3 Todos tus príncipes huyeron juntos de las flechas; todos los que estaban dentro de ti fueron atados en grupo cuando intentaban huir. 4 Por eso pido que me dejen llorar amargamente; no traten de consolarme por la destrucción de la hija de mi pueblo.
5 Porque éste es un día de alboroto, de angustia y de confusión, de parte de Dios, el Señor de los ejércitos. En el valle de la visión se derriban muros, y se oye clamor por los montes. 6 Elam tomó la aljaba, y carros y jinetes; Quir preparó el escudo. 7 Tus hermosos valles se llenaron de carros, y gente de a caballo acampó a la entrada de la ciudad. 8 Las defensas de Judá quedaron al descubierto. Ese día ustedes dirigían la mirada hacia el arsenal en la casa del bosque, 9 y vieron multiplicarse las brechas en la ciudad de David; recogieron las aguas del estanque inferior, 10 contaron las casas de Jerusalén y las derribaron para reforzar la muralla; 11 hicieron un foso entre los dos muros para el agua del estanque viejo, pero sin la menor consideración para el que lo hizo y le dio forma.
12 Ese día Dios, el Señor de los ejércitos, los convocó al llanto y al lamento, a raparse el cabello y a vestirse de cilicio; 13 pero ustedes prefirieron gozar y divertirse, matar vacas y degollar ovejas, comer carne y beber vino. Y decían: «Comamos y bebamos, que mañana moriremos.»(A)
14 Por su parte, el Señor de los ejércitos me dijo al oído: «Este pecado no les será perdonado, hasta que hayan muerto.»
Lo ha dicho Dios, el Señor de los ejércitos.
Fin de Sebna y promesa a Eliaquín
15 Así dice Dios, el Señor de los ejércitos:
«Ve a donde está ese tesorero, el mayordomo Sebna, y dile: 16 “¿Qué tienes tú aquí, o a quién tienes aquí, que te has labrado un sepulcro en lo alto? ¿Por qué esculpes para ti una casa en la roca? 17 Mira que el Señor va a llevarte en duro cautiverio, y te cubrirá el rostro; 18 te hará rodar con fuerza, como una rueda por el llano, y así morirás. ¡En eso acabarán tus espléndidos carros, tú que eres la vergüenza de la casa de tu amo! 19 ¡Yo te arrojaré de tu puesto! ¡Yo te destituiré! 20 Y ese mismo día llamaré a mi siervo Eliaquín hijo de Hilcías, 21 y le pondré tus vestiduras; lo ceñiré con tu cinto y le entregaré tu autoridad; y él será como un padre para los habitantes de Jerusalén y para la casa de Judá. 22 Yo le entregaré la llave de la casa de David. Lo que él abra, nadie podrá cerrarlo; lo que él cierre, nadie podrá abrirlo.(B) 23 En el lugar donde yo lo ponga quedará firme como un clavo, y será un trono honroso para la casa de su padre. 24 De él penderá toda la honra de la casa de su padre, de sus hijos y sus nietos, y de todos sus parientes menores en importancia. 25 Pero vendrá el día en que ese clavo, que estaba en lugar firme, será removido y destrozado; se vendrá abajo, y la carga que de él pendía se hará pedazos.”»
—Palabra del Señor de los ejércitos.
Isaiah 22
New International Version
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)
2 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.
3 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.
4 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)
5 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.
6 Elam(R) takes up the quiver,(S)
with her charioteers and horses;
Kir(T) uncovers the shield.
7 Your choicest valleys(U) are full of chariots,
and horsemen are posted at the city gates.(V)
8 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)
9 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
- Isaiah 22:23 Or throne
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