ASV_Strong : Isaiah 22
1. The burden[H4853] of the valley[H1516] of vision[H2384]. What aileth thee now[H645], that thou art wholly gone up[H5927] to the housetops[H1406]?
2. O thou that art full[H4392] of shoutings[H8663], a tumultuous[H1993] city[H5892], a joyous[H5947] town[H7151]; thy slain[H2491] are not slain[H2491] with the sword[H2719], neither are they dead[H4191] in battle[H4421].
3. All thy rulers[H7101] fled[H5074] away together[H3162], they were bound[H631] by the archers[H7198]; all that were found[H4672] of thee were bound[H631] together[H3162]; they fled[H1272] afar off[H7350].
4. Therefore said[H559] I[H8159], Look away from me[H1065], I will weep bitterly[H4843]; labor[H213] not to comfort[H5162] me for the destruction[H7701] of the daughter[H1323] of my people[H5971].
5. For it is a day[H3117] of discomfiture[H4103], and of treading down[H4001], and of perplexity[H3998], from the Lord[H136], Jehovah[H136] of hosts[H6635], in the valley[H1516] of vision[H2384]; a breaking[H6979] down of the walls[H7023], and a crying[H7771] to the mountains[H2022].
6. And Elam[H5867] bare[H5375] the quiver[H827], with chariots[H7393] of men[H120] and horsemen[H6571]; and Kir[H7024] uncovered[H6168] the shield[H4043].
7. And it came to pass[H4005], that thy choicest valleys[H6010] were full[H4390] of chariots[H7393], and the horsemen[H6571] set[H7896] themselves in array[H7896] at the gate[H8179].
8. And he took[H1540] away the covering[H4539] of Judah[H3063]; and thou didst look[H5027] in that day[H3117] to the armor[H5402] in the house[H1004] of the forest[H3293].
9. And ye saw[H7200] the breaches[H1233] of the city[H5892] of David[H1732], that they were many[H7231]; and ye gathered together[H6908] the waters[H4325] of the lower[H8481] pool[H1295];
10. and ye numbered[H5608] the houses[H1004] of Jerusalem[H3389], and ye brake down[H5422] the houses[H1004] to fortify[H1219] the wall[H2346];
11. ye made[H6213] also a reservoir[H4724] between the two walls[H2346] for the water[H4325] of the old[H3465] pool[H1295]. But ye looked[H5027] not unto him that had done[H6213] this[H7200], neither had ye respect unto him that purposed[H3335] it long ago[H7350].
12. And in that day[H3117] did the Lord[H136], Jehovah[H3069] of hosts[H6635], call[H7121] to weeping[H1065], and to mourning[H4553], and to baldness[H7144], and to girding[H2296] with sackcloth[H8242]:
13. and behold[H8342], joy and gladness[H8057], slaying[H2026] oxen[H1241] and killing[H7819] sheep[H6629], eating[H398] flesh[H1320] and drinking[H8354] wine[H3196]: let us eat[H398] and drink[H8354], for to-morrow[H4279] we shall die[H4191].
14. And Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] revealed[H1540] himself in mine ears[H241], Surely this iniquity[H5771] shall not be forgiven[H3722] you till ye die[H4191], saith[H559] the Lord[H136], Jehovah[H3069] of hosts[H6635].
15. Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136], Jehovah[H3069] of hosts[H6635], Go[H3212], get[H935] thee unto this treasurer[H5532], even unto Shebna[H7644], who is over the house[H1004], and say,
16. What doest thou here[H6311]? and whom has thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out[H2672] here[H6311] a sepulchre[H6913]? hewing him out[H2672] a sepulchre[H6913] on high[H4791], graving a habitation[H4908] for himself in the rock[H5553]!
17. Behold[H3068], Jehovah, like a strong[H1397] man[H2925], will hurl thee away[H2904] violently[H5844]; yea, he will wrap thee up closely[H5844].
18. He will surely[H6801] wind thee round[H6801] and round[H6802], and toss thee like a ball[H1754] into a large[H7342] country[H776]; there shalt thou die[H4191], and there shall be the chariots[H4818] of thy glory[H3519], thou shame[H7036] of thy lord[H113]'s house[H1004].
19. And I will thrust[H1920] thee from thine office[H4673]; and from thy station[H4673] shalt thou be pulled down[H2040].
20. And it shall come to pass in that day[H3117], that I will call[H7121] my servant[H5650] Eliakim[H471] the son[H1121] of Hilkiah[H2518]:
21. and I will clothe[H3847] him with thy robe[H3801], and strengthen[H2388] him with thy girdle[H73], and I will commit[H5414] thy government[H4475] into his hand[H3027]; and he shall be a father[H1] to the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389], and to the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063].
22. And the key[H4668] of the house[H1004] of David[H1732] will I lay[H5414] upon his shoulder[H7926]; and he shall open[H6605], and none shall shut[H5462]; and he shall shut[H5462], and none shall open[H6605].
23. And I will fasten[H8628] him as a nail[H3489] in a sure[H539] place[H4725]; and he shall be for a throne[H3678] of glory[H3519] to his father[H1]'s house[H1004].
24. And they shall hang[H8518] upon him all the glory[H3519] of his father[H1]'s house[H1004], the offspring[H6631] and the issue[H6849], every[H3627] small[H6996] vessel[H3627], from the cups[H101] even to all the[H3627] flagons[H5035].
25. In that day[H3117], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], shall the nail[H3489] that was fastened[H8628] in a sure[H539] place[H4725] give way[H4185]; and it shall be hewn down[H1438], and fall[H5307]; and the burden[H4853] that was upon it shall be cut off[H3772]; for Jehovah[H3068] hath spoken it[H1696].
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