Isaiah · Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 22 Young's Literal Translation
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1 The burden of the Valley of Vision. What — to thee, now, that thou hast gone up, All of thee — 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, Thy 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 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.
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 ye from me, I am bitter in my weeping, Haste not 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, Jehovah of Hosts, In the valley of vision, digging down a wall, And crying unto 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 hath borne a quiver, In a chariot of men — horsemen, And Kir hath exposed a shield.
6 Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
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.
7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
8 And one removeth the covering of Judah, And thou lookest in that day Unto the armour 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 the breaches of the city of David ye have seen, For they have become many, And ye 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 the houses of Jerusalem ye did number, And ye break down the houses to fence the wall.
10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
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.
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 call doth the Lord, Jehovah 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 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.
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 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.
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, Jehovah of Hosts: 'Go, enter in unto this steward, Unto 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 — to thee here? And who — to thee here? That thou hast hewn out to thee here — a sepulchre? Hewing on high his sepulchre, Graving in a rock a dwelling for himself.
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 Lo, Jehovah is casting thee 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 thy coverer covering, wrapping round, Wrappeth thee round, O babbler, On a land broad of sides — there thou diest, And there the chariots of thine honour [Are] 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 have thrust thee from thy station, And from thine office he throweth thee down.
19 I will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station.
20 And it hath 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 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.
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 hath opened, and none is shutting, And hath 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 a nail in a stedfast place, And he hath been for a throne of honour 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 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.
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 — 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!'
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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