Isaiah · Literal Standard Version
Isaiah 22 Literal Standard Version
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1 The burden of the Valley of Vision. What is [troubling] you now, that you have gone up, || All of you—to the roofs?
1 The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
2 Full of stirs—a noisy city—an exulting city, || Your pierced are not pierced of 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 your rulers fled from the bow together, || All found of you have been bound, || They have been kept bound together, || They have 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 I said, “Look [away] from me, || I am bitter in my weeping, do not hurry to comfort me, || For the destruction 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 a day of noise, and of treading down, || And of perplexity, [is] to the Lord, YHWH of Hosts, || In the Valley of Vision, digging down a wall, || And crying to 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 has carried a quiver, || In a chariot of men—horsemen, || And Kir has exposed a shield.
6 Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 And it comes to pass, || The choice of your valleys have been full of chariots, || And the horsemen diligently place themselves at the gate.
7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
8 And one removes the covering of Judah, || And in that day you look || To the armor 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 have seen the breaches of the City of David, || For they have become many, || And you gather 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 you numbered the houses of Jerusalem, || And you break down the 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 waters of the old pool, || And you have not looked to its Maker, || And you have not seen its Framer of old.
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 calls, YHWH of Hosts, || In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, || And to baldness and to girding on of 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, slaying of oxen, || And slaughtering of sheep, || Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, || Eat and drink, for tomorrow we 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 it has been revealed in my ears, || [By] YHWH of Hosts: This iniquity is not pardoned to you, || Until you die, said the Lord, YHWH 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 said the Lord, YHWH of Hosts: “Go forth, go to this steward, || To Shebna, who [is] over the house:
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 are you [doing] here? And who has [allowed] you here? That you have hewn out a tomb for yourself here? Hewing his tomb on high, || Carving a dwelling for himself 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, YHWH is casting you up and down, || A casting up and down, O mighty one,
17 Behold, Yahweh will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly.
18 And your coverer covering, wrapping around, || Wraps you around, O babbler, || On a land of broad sides—there you die, || And there the chariots of your glory [are] the shame of the house of your 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 have thrust you from your station, || And he throws you down from your office.
19 I will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station.
20 And it has come to pass in that day, || That I have called to My servant, || To Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
20 It will happen in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
21 And I have clothed him with your coat, || And I strengthen him with your girdle, || And I give your garment into his hand, || And he has been for a father to the inhabitant of Jerusalem, || And to the house of Judah.
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 have placed the key || Of the house of David on his shoulder, || And he has opened, and none is shutting, || And has shut, and none is opening.
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 have fixed him [as] a nail in a steadfast place, || And he has been 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 have hanged on him || All the glory 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.
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—a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, || The nail that is fixed is moved || In a steadfast place, || Indeed, it has been cut down, and has fallen, || And the burden that [is] on it has been cut off, || For YHWH has spoken!”
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
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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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