Noyes - Isaiah - 22

22:1  The prophecy concerning the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, That all thine inhabitants are gone up to the house-tops?

22:2  Thou that wast full of noise, A tumultuous city, a joyous city! Thy slain fall not by the sword; They are not slain in battle.

22:3  All thy leaders flee together, By the bowmen are they bound; All found within thee are made captive together, Even they who have fled from afar.

22:4  Therefore, say I, look away from me, that I may weep bitterly; Strive not to comfort me for the desolation of the daughter of my people!

22:5  For a day of trouble, of desolation, and of perplexity cometh From the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision. They break down the walls; The cry reacheth to the mountains.

22:6  Elam beareth the quiver, With chariots full of men, and with horsemen; Kir uncovereth the shield.

22:7  Thy fairest valleys, [O Jerusalem,] are full of chariots; The horsemen set themselves in array against the gate;

22:8  The veil of Judah is torn from her. But in such a day ye look to the armor of the house of the forest;

22:9  Ye mark how many are the breaches of the city of David, And collect the waters of the lower pool;

22:10  Ye number the houses of Jerusalem, And ye break down the houses to prepare the wall;

22:11  Ye make a reservoir between the two walls for the waters of the old pool; But ye look not to Him who hath done this; Ye regard not Him that hath prepared this from afar.

22:12  The Lord, Jehovah of hosts, calleth you this day To weeping and to lamentation, To baldness and to girding with sackcloth.

22:13  But, behold, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating flesh and drinking wine! "Let us eat and drink, For to-morrow we die!"

22:14  Therefore it hath been revealed in my ears by Jehovah of hosts; "This iniquity shall not be forgiven you, till ye die," Saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

22:15  Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts: Go in to this steward, To Shebna, who is over the household, and say,

22:16  What hast thou here, and whom hast thou here, That thou here hewest thee out a sepulchre,—That thou hewest out thy sepulchre on high, And gravest out a habitation for thyself in the rock?

22:17  Behold, Jehovah will cast thee headlong with a mighty thrust;

22:18  He will violently roll thee together like a ball; Like a ball will he hurl thee into a wide country. There shalt thou die; And there shall be thy splendid chariots, Thou disgrace of the house of thy lord!

22:19  I will drive thee from thy post, And from thy station I will pull thee down.

22:20  In that day I will call my servant, Even Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah;

22:21  I will clothe him with thy robe, And bind thy girdle around him; Thy government will I commit to his hand, And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, And to the house of Judah.

22:22  I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder; He shall open, and none shall shut, And he shall shut, and none shall open.

22:23  I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, And he shall be a glorious seat for his father’s house.

22:24  Upon him shall hang all the glory of his father’s house, The offspring and the offshoots; Every small vessel, from the goblet even to all the pitchers.

22:25  In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, The peg that was once fastened in a sure place shall be moved; It shall be cut down, and fall, And the burden which was upon it shall come to the ground. For Jehovah hath said it.