Isaiah 22
22An oracle concerning the Valley of Vision: What troubles you now, that you have all gone up on the roofs,H4853H1516H2384H645H5927H14062O town full of commotion, O city of tumult and revelry? Your slain were not killed by the sword, nor did they die in battle.H4392H8663H1993H5892H5947H7151H2491H2491H2719H4191H44213All your leaders have fled together; they have been captured without using the bow. All you who were caught were taken prisoner together, having fled while the enemy was still far away.H7101H5074H3162H631H7198H4672H631H3162H1272H73504Therefore I said, "Turn away from me; let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people."H559H8159H1065H4843H213H5162H7701H1323H59715The Lord, the LORD Almighty, has a day of tumult and trampling and terror in the Valley of Vision, a day of battering down walls and of crying out to the mountains.H3117H4103H4001H3998H136H3069H6635H1516H2384H6979H7023H7771H20226Elam takes up the quiver, with her charioteers and horses; Kir uncovers the shield.H5867H5375H827H7393H120H6571H7024H6168H40437Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the city gates;H4005H6010H4390H7393H6571H7896H7896H81798the defenses of Judah are stripped away. And you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest;H1540H4539H3063H5027H3117H5402H1004H32939you saw that the City of David had many breaches in its defenses; you stored up water in the Lower Pool.H7200H1233H5892H1732H7231H6908H4325H8481H129510You counted the buildings in Jerusalem and tore down houses to strengthen the wall.H5608H1004H3389H1004H5422H1219H234611You built a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the Old Pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or have regard for the One who planned it long ago.H6213H4724H2346H4325H3465H1295H5027H6213H7200H3335H735012The Lord, the LORD Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.H3117H136H3069H6635H7121H1065H4553H7144H2296H824213But see, there is joy and revelry, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine! "Let us eat and drink," you say, "for tomorrow we die!"H8342H8057H2026H1241H7819H6629H398H1320H8354H3196H398H8354H4279H419114The LORD Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: "Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for," says the Lord, the LORD Almighty.H1540H241H3068H6635H5771H3722H4191H559H136H3069H663515This is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says: "Go, say to this steward, to Shebna, who is in charge of the palace:H559H136H3069H6635H3212H935H5532H7644H100416What are you doing here and who gave you permission to cut out a grave for yourself here, hewing your grave on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock?H2672H6913H6311H2672H6913H4791H2710H4908H555317"Beware, the LORD is about to take firm hold of you and hurl you away, O you mighty man.H3068H2904H1397H2925H5844H584418He will roll you up tightly like a ball and throw you into a large country. There you will die and there your splendid chariots will remain--you disgrace to your master's house!H6801H6801H6802H1754H7342H3027H776H4191H4818H3519H7036H113H100419I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position.H1920H4673H4612H204020"In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.H3117H7121H5650H471H1121H251821I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.H3847H3801H2388H73H5414H4475H3027H1H3427H3389H1004H306322I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.H4668H1004H1732H5414H7926H6605H5462H5462H660523I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will be a seat of honor for the house of his father.H8628H3489H539H4725H3519H3678H1H100424All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots--all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.H8518H3519H1H1004H6631H6849H3627H6996H3627H101H3627H503525"In that day," declares the LORD Almighty, "the peg 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.H3117H5002H3068H6635H3489H8628H539H4725H4185H1438H5307H4853H3772H3068H1696
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