Isaiah · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Isaiah 22 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?
1 The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all 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.
2 You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town, your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they 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.
3 All your rulers fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were bound together. They fled far away.
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.
4 Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction 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.
5 For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, in the valley of vision, a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.”
6 And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.
6 Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horseman shall place themselves in the gate.
7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at 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.
8 He took away the covering of Judah; and you looked in that day to the armor in 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,
9 You saw the breaches of David’s city, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10 And have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and broken down houses to fortify the wall.
10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the 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.
11 You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you didn’t look to him who had done this, neither did you have respect for him who planned 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:
12 In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;
13 And behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.
13 and behold, there is joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we will 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.
14 Yahweh of Armies revealed himself in my ears, “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
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:
15 The Lord, Yahweh of Armies says, “Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,
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.
16 ‘What are you doing here? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb here?’ Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the 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.
17 Behold, Yahweh will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly.
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.
18 He will surely wind you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a large country. There you will die, and there the chariots of your glory will be, you disgrace of your lord’s house.
19 And I will drive thee out From thy station, and depose thee from thy ministry.
19 I will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliacim the son of Helcias,
20 It will happen in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
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.
21 and I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your belt. I will commit your government into his hand; and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
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.
22 I will lay the key of David’s house on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one will 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.
23 I will fasten him like a nail in a sure place. He will be for a throne of glory to his father’s house.
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.
24 They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the pitchers.
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.
25 “In that day,” says Yahweh of Armies, “the nail that was fastened in a sure place will give way. It will be cut down and fall. The burden that was on it will be cut off, for Yahweh has spoken it.”
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 21:13; Psalm 125:2; Joel 3:14; Isaiah 15:3; Joel 3:12
- 2 Isaiah 32:13; Jeremiah 14:18; Lamentations 2:20; Isaiah 23:7; Jeremiah 52:6
- 3 Isaiah 3:1–8; 2 Kings 25:4–7; 2 Kings 25:18–21; Jeremiah 52:24–27; Jeremiah 39:4–7
- 4 Jeremiah 9:1; Matthew 2:18; Jeremiah 13:17; Micah 1:8; Psalm 77:2
- 5 Isaiah 10:6; Micah 7:4; Lamentations 1:5; Isaiah 37:3; Luke 23:30
- 6 2 Kings 16:9; Isaiah 21:2; Amos 9:7; Amos 1:5; Isaiah 15:1
- 7 Isaiah 8:7–8; Jeremiah 39:1–3; Isaiah 10:28–32; Isaiah 37:34
- 8 1 Kings 10:17; 1 Kings 7:2; 1 Kings 14:27–28; Song of Songs 4:4; Isaiah 36:1–3
- 9 2 Kings 20:20; Nehemiah 3:16; 2 Chronicles 32:1–6; 2 Chronicles 32:30
- 11 Jeremiah 33:2–3; Micah 7:7; Isaiah 17:7; 2 Kings 25:4; Isaiah 31:1
- 12 Micah 1:16; Joel 1:13; Joel 2:17; Amos 8:10; Ecclesiastes 3:4
- 13 Isaiah 56:12; 1 Corinthians 15:32; Luke 17:26–29; James 5:5; Isaiah 5:22
- 14 Ezekiel 24:13; Isaiah 5:9; 1 Samuel 3:14; Isaiah 26:21; Isaiah 13:11
- 15 Isaiah 36:3; 2 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 19:2; Isaiah 37:2; 2 Kings 18:37
- 16 Matthew 27:60; 2 Samuel 18:18; 2 Chronicles 16:14; Job 3:14; Isaiah 52:5
- 17 Jeremiah 14:3; Job 9:24; Esther 7:8
- 18 Isaiah 17:13; Amos 7:17
- 19 Ezekiel 17:24; Psalm 75:6–7; Luke 1:52; Job 40:11–12
- 20 2 Kings 18:18; Isaiah 36:3; Isaiah 37:2; 2 Kings 18:37; Isaiah 36:22
- 21 Genesis 45:8; Isaiah 9:6–7; Genesis 41:42–43; 1 Samuel 18:4; Esther 8:15
- 22 Revelation 3:7; Matthew 16:18–19; Job 12:14; Matthew 18:18–19; Revelation 1:18
- 23 Job 36:7; Ezra 9:8; 1 Samuel 2:8; Zechariah 10:4; Ecclesiastes 12:11
- 24 John 20:21–23; 2 Timothy 2:20–21; Daniel 6:1–3; Matthew 28:18; John 5:22–27
- 25 Isaiah 46:11; Isaiah 22:23; Jeremiah 17:5–6; Micah 4:4; Esther 9:24–25
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
So with the Scribes; suppose them to speak out of their own heart; thou wilt hear, "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die." Suppose them to speak from Moses' seat; thou wilt hear, "Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness.
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