chapter_Isaiah_22
Isaiah 22:1: The burden of the Valley of Vision. What &#8212; to thee, now, that thou hast gone up, All of thee &#8212; to the roofs? Isaiah 22:2: Full of stirs &#8212; a noisy city &#8212; an exulting city, Thy pierced are not pierced of the sword, Nor dead in battle. Isaiah 22:3: All thy rulers fled together from the bow, Bound have been all found of thee, They have been kept bound together, Afar off they have fled. Isaiah 22:4: Therefore I said, 'Look ye from me, I am bitter in my weeping, Haste not to comfort me, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.' Isaiah 22:5: For a day of noise, and of treading down, And of perplexity, is to the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In the valley of vision, digging down a wall, And crying unto the mountain. Isaiah 22:6: And Elam hath borne a quiver, In a chariot of men &#8212; horsemen, And Kir hath exposed a shield. Isaiah 22:7: And it cometh to pass, The choice of thy valleys have been full of chariots, And the horsemen place themselves diligently at the gate. Isaiah 22:8: And one removeth the covering of Judah, And thou lookest in that day Unto the armour of the house of the forest, Isaiah 22:9: And the breaches of the city of David ye have seen, For they have become many, And ye gather the waters of the lower pool, Isaiah 22:10: And the houses of Jerusalem ye did number, And ye break down the houses to fence the wall. Isaiah 22:11: And a ditch ye made between the two walls, For the waters of the old pool, And ye have not looked unto its Maker, And its Framer of old ye have not seen. Isaiah 22:12: And call doth the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of sackcloth, Isaiah 22:13: And lo, joy and gladness, slaying of oxen, And slaughtering of sheep, Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, Eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. Isaiah 22:14: And revealed it hath been in mine ears, By Jehovah of Hosts: Not pardoned is this iniquity to you, Till ye die, said the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts. Isaiah 22:15: Thus said the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts: 'Go, enter in unto this steward, Unto Shebna, who is over the house: Isaiah 22:16: What &#8212; to thee here? And who &#8212; to thee here? That thou hast hewn out to thee here &#8212; a sepulchre? Hewing on high his sepulchre, Graving in a rock a dwelling for himself. Isaiah 22:17: Lo, Jehovah is casting thee up and down, A casting up and down, O mighty one, Isaiah 22:18: And thy coverer covering, wrapping round, Wrappeth thee round, O babbler, On a land broad of sides &#8212; there thou diest, And there the chariots of thine honour Are the shame of the house of thy lord. Isaiah 22:19: And I have thrust thee from thy station, And from thine office he throweth thee down. Isaiah 22:20: And it hath come to pass, in that day, That I have called to my servant, To Eliakim son of Hilkiah. Isaiah 22:21: And I have clothed him with thy coat, And with thy girdle I strengthen him, And thy garment I give into his hand, And he hath been for a father to the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And to the house of Judah. Isaiah 22:22: And I have placed the key Of the house of David on his shoulder, And he hath opened, and none is shutting, And hath shut, and none is opening. Isaiah 22:23: And I have fixed him a nail in a stedfast place, And he hath been for a throne of honour To the house of his father. Isaiah 22:24: And they have hanged on him All the honour of the house of his father, The offspring and the issue, All vessels of small quality, From vessels of basins to all vessels of flagons. Isaiah 22:25: In that day &#8212; an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Moved is the nail that is fixed In a stedfast place, Yea, it hath been cut down, and hath fallen, And cut off hath been the burden that is on it, For Jehovah hath spoken!'
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