Isaiah 22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
An Oracle against Jerusalem
22 An oracle(A) against the Valley of Vision:(B)
What’s the matter with you?
Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?(C)
2 The noisy city, the jubilant town,(D)
is filled with revelry.
Your dead did not die by the sword;
they were not killed in battle.
3 All your rulers have fled together,
captured without a bow.
All your fugitives were captured together;
they had fled far away.
4 Therefore I said,
“Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly!(E)
Do not try to comfort me
about the destruction of my dear[a] people.”
5 For the Lord God of Hosts
had a day of tumult, trampling, and confusion(F)
in the Valley of Vision—
people shouting[b] and crying to the mountains;
6 Elam took up a quiver
with chariots and horsemen,[c]
and Kir(G) uncovered the shield.
7 Your best valleys were full of chariots,
and horsemen were positioned at the gates.
8 He removed the defenses of Judah.
On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.(H) 9 You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the city of David.(I) You collected water from the lower pool.(J) 10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem so that you could tear them down to fortify the wall. 11 You made a reservoir between the walls(K) for the waters of the ancient pool,(L) but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider the One who created it long ago.
12 On that day the Lord God of Hosts
called for weeping,(M) for wailing, for shaven heads,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
13 But look: joy and gladness,
butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine—
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”(N)
14 The Lord of Hosts has directly revealed to me:(O)
“This sin of yours will never[d] be wiped out.”(P)
The Lord God of Hosts has spoken.
An Oracle against Shebna
15 The Lord God of Hosts said: “Go to Shebna,(Q) that steward who is in charge of the palace, and say to him: 16 What are you doing here? Who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here, carving your tomb on the height and cutting a crypt for yourself out of rock?(R) 17 Look, you strong man! The Lord is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you, 18 wind you up into a ball, and sling you into a wide land.[e] There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will be—a disgrace to the house of your lord. 19 I will remove you from your office; you will be ousted from your position.
20 “On that day I will call for my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.(S) 21 I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority into his hand, and he will be like a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the House of Judah.(T) 22 I will place the key(U) of the House of David on his shoulder; what he opens, no one can close; what he closes, no one can open.(V) 23 I will drive him, like a peg, into a firm place. He will be a throne of honor for his father’s house. 24 They will hang on him the whole burden of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the small vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar. 25 On that day”—the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“the peg that was driven into a firm place will give way, be cut off, and fall, and the load on it will be destroyed.” Indeed, the Lord has spoken.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 22:4 Lit of the daughter of my
- Isaiah 22:5 Or Vision—a tearing down of a wall, or Vision—Kir raged; Hb obscure
- Isaiah 22:6 Lit chariots of man
- Isaiah 22:14 Lit will not until you die
- Isaiah 22:18 Hb obscure
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Chinese Union Version (Simplified)
22 论 异 象 谷 的 默 示 ： 有 甚 麽 事 使 你 这 满 城 的 人 都 上 房 顶 呢 ？
2 你 这 满 处 呐 喊 、 大 有 喧 哗 的 城 ， 欢 乐 的 邑 啊 ， 你 中 间 被 杀 的 并 不 是 被 刀 杀 ， 也 不 是 因 打 仗 死 亡 。
3 你 所 有 的 官 长 一 同 逃 跑 ， 都 为 弓 箭 手 所 捆 绑 。 你 中 间 一 切 被 找 到 的 都 一 同 被 捆 绑 ； 他 们 本 是 逃 往 远 方 的 。
4 所 以 我 说 ： 你 们 转 眼 不 看 我 ， 我 要 痛 哭 。 不 要 因 我 众 民 （ 原 文 是 民 女 ） 的 毁 灭 ， 就 竭 力 安 慰 我 。
5 因 为 主 ─ 万 军 之 耶 和 华 使 异 象 谷 有 溃 乱 、 践 踏 、 烦 扰 的 日 子 。 城 被 攻 破 ， 哀 声 达 到 山 间 。
6 以 拦 带 着 箭 袋 ， 还 有 坐 战 车 的 和 马 兵 ； 吉 珥 揭 开 盾 牌 。
7 你 嘉 美 的 谷 遍 满 战 车 ， 也 有 马 兵 在 城 门 前 排 列 。
8 他 去 掉 犹 大 的 遮 盖 。 那 日 ， 你 就 仰 望 林 库 内 的 军 器 。
9 你 们 看 见 大 卫 城 的 破 口 很 多 ， 便 聚 积 下 池 的 水 ，
10 又 数 点 耶 路 撒 冷 的 房 屋 ， 将 房 屋 拆 毁 ， 修 补 城 墙 ，
11 又 在 两 道 城 墙 中 间 挖 一 个 聚 水 池 可 盛 旧 池 的 水 ， 却 不 仰 望 做 这 事 的 主 ， 也 不 顾 念 从 古 定 这 事 的 。
12 当 那 日 ， 主 ─ 万 军 之 耶 和 华 叫 人 哭 泣 哀 号 ， 头 上 光 秃 ， 身 披 麻 布 。
13 谁 知 ， 人 倒 欢 喜 快 乐 ， 宰 牛 杀 羊 ， 吃 肉 喝 酒 ， 说 ： 我 们 吃 喝 吧 ！ 因 为 明 天 要 死 了 。
14 万 军 之 耶 和 华 亲 自 默 示 我 说 ： 这 罪 孽 直 到 你 们 死 ， 断 不 得 赦 免 ！ 这 是 主 ─ 万 军 之 耶 和 华 说 的 。
15 主 ─ 万 军 之 耶 和 华 这 样 说 ： 你 去 见 掌 银 库 的 ， 就 是 家 宰 舍 伯 那 ， 对 他 说 ：
16 你 在 这 里 做 甚 麽 呢 ？ 有 甚 麽 人 竟 在 这 里 凿 坟 墓 ， 就 是 在 高 处 为 自 己 凿 坟 墓 ， 在 磐 石 中 为 自 己 凿 出 安 身 之 所 ？
17 看 哪 ， 耶 和 华 必 像 大 有 力 的 人 ， 将 你 紧 紧 缠 裹 ， 竭 力 抛 去 。
18 他 必 将 你 滚 成 一 团 ， 抛 在 宽 阔 之 地 ， 好 像 抛 球 一 样 。 你 这 主 人 家 的 羞 辱 ， 必 在 那 里 坐 你 荣 耀 的 车 ， 也 必 在 那 里 死 亡 。
19 我 必 赶 逐 你 离 开 官 职 ； 你 必 从 你 的 原 位 撤 下 。
20 到 那 日 ， 我 必 召 我 仆 人 希 勒 家 的 儿 子 以 利 亚 敬 来 ，
21 将 你 的 外 袍 给 他 穿 上 ， 将 你 的 腰 带 给 他 系 紧 ， 将 你 的 政 权 交 在 他 手 中 。 他 必 作 耶 路 撒 冷 居 民 和 犹 大 家 的 父 。
22 我 必 将 大 卫 家 的 钥 匙 放 在 他 肩 头 上 。 他 开 ， 无 人 能 关 ； 他 关 ， 无 人 能 开 。
23 我 必 将 他 安 稳 ， 像 钉 子 钉 在 坚 固 处 ； 他 必 作 为 他 父 家 荣 耀 的 宝 座 。
24 他 父 家 所 有 的 荣 耀 ， 连 儿 女 带 子 孙 ， 都 挂 在 他 身 上 ， 好 像 一 切 小 器 皿 ， 从 杯 子 到 酒 瓶 挂 上 一 样 。
25 万 军 之 耶 和 华 说 ： 当 那 日 ， 钉 在 坚 固 处 的 钉 子 必 压 斜 ， 被 砍 断 落 地 ； 挂 在 其 上 的 重 担 必 被 剪 断 。 因 为 这 是 耶 和 华 说 的 。
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
Isaiah 22
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
22 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2 Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.
3 All the princes are fled together, and are bound hard: all that were found, are bound together, they are fled far off.
4 Therefore have I said: Depart from me, I will weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, for the devastation of the daughter of my people.
5 For it is a day of slaughter and of treading down, and of weeping to the Lord the God of hosts in the valley of vision, searching the wall, and magnificent upon the mountain.
6 And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.
7 And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horseman shall place themselves in the gate.
8 And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.
9 And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,
10 And have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and broken down houses to fortify the wall.
11 And you made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: and you have not looked up to the maker thereof, nor regarded him even at a distance, that wrought it long ago.
12 And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
13 And behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
14 And the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed in my ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till you die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
15 Thus saith the Lord God of hosts: Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna who is over the temple: and thou shalt say to him:
16 What dost thou here, or as if thou wert somebody here? for thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, thou hast hewed out a monument carefully in a high place, a dwelling for thyself in a rock.
17 Behold the Lord will cause thee to be carried away, as a cock is carried away, and he will lift thee up as a garment.
18 He will crown thee with a crown of tribulation, he will toss thee like a ball into a large and spacious country: there shalt thou die, and there shall the chariot of thy glory be, the shame of the house of thy Lord.
19 And I will drive thee out From thy station, and depose thee from thy ministry.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliacim the son of Helcias,
21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and will strengthen him with thy girdle, and will give thy power into his hand: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Juda.
22 And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open.
23 And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.
24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, divers kinds of vessels, every little vessel, from the vessels of cups even to every instrument of music.
25 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the peg be removed, that was fastened in the sure place: and it shall be broken and shall fall: and that which hung thereon, shall perish, because the Lord hath spoken it.
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