The Valley of Vision: BIBLE, New American Standard Bible == BIBLE-CENTRE

Isaiah, Chapter 22

¹ The^aoracle concerning the valley of vision.What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

²You who were full of noise,
You boisterous town, you exultant city;
Your slain were not slain with the sword,
Nor^bdid they die in battle.

³All your rulers have fled together,
And have been captured^cwithout the bow;
All of you who were found were taken captive together,
^dThough they had fled far away.

⁴Therefore I say, “Turn your eyes away from me,
Let me weep bitterly,
Do not^etry to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

⁵For the Lord^fGOD of hosts has a day of panic, subjugation and confusion
In the valley of vision,
A breaking down of walls
And a crying^gto the mountain.

⁶Elam took up the quiver
With the chariots,^hinfantry and horsemen;
And Kir uncovered the shield.

⁷Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.

⁸And He removed theⁱdefense of Judah.
In that day you^jdepended on the weapons of the house of the forest,

⁹And you saw that the breaches
In the wall of the city of David were many;
And you collected the waters of the lower pool.

¹⁰Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem
And tore down houses to fortify the wall.

¹¹And you made a reservoir between the two walls
For the waters of the old pool.
But you did not^kdepend on Him who made it,
Nor did you^ltake into consideration Him who planned it long ago.

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Therefore in that day the Lord^mGOD of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.

¹³

Instead, there is gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

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But the LORD of hosts revealed Himselfⁿto me,
“Surely this iniquity shall not be^oforgiven you
Until you die,” says the Lord^pGOD of hosts.

¹⁵ Thus says the Lord^qGOD of hosts,“Come, go to this steward,
To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household,

¹⁶‘What right do you have here,
And whom do you have here,
That you have hewn a tomb for yourself here,
You who hew a tomb on the height,
You who carve a resting place for^ryourself in the rock?

¹⁷‘Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you headlong, O man.
And He is about to grasp you firmly

¹⁸And roll you tightly like a ball,
To be cast into a vast country;
There you will die
And there your splendid chariots will be,
You shame of your master’s house.’

¹⁹“I will depose you from your office,
And^sI will pull you down from your station.

²⁰“Then it will come about in that day,
That I will summon My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,

²¹And I will clothe him with your tunic
And tie your sash securely about him.
I will entrust him with your^tauthority,
And he will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

²²“Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder,
When he opens no one will shut,
When he shuts no one will open.

²³“I will drive him like a peg in a firm place,
And he will become a throne of glory to his father’s house.

²⁴ So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, offspring and^uissue, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars. ²⁵ In that day,” declares the LORD of hosts, “the peg driven in a firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken.”


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