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    Isaiah 22

    1 A message a22:1 Lit. An oracle concerning the Valley of Vision. b22:1 i.e. a poetic allusion to the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem “What troubles you, now that you’ve all gone up to the rooftops,ISV — Isaiah 22:1

    2 you who are full of commotion, you passionate city, you rollicking town? Your slain weren’t killed by the sword, nor are they dead in battle.ISV — Isaiah 22:2

    3 All your leaders have fled together; she is captured c22:3 So 1QIsaa; MT reads they were captured without using bows. All of you who were caught were captured together, although they had fled while the enemy was still d22:3 The Heb. lacks while the enemy was still far away.ISV — Isaiah 22:3

    4 Therefore I said: “Look away from me; and let me weep bitter tears; don’t try to console e22:4 Lit. don’t insist on consoling me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.” f22:4 i.e. the LORD’s beloved peopleISV — Isaiah 22:4

    5 For to the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies belongs the day of tumult, trampling, and confusion in the Valley of Vision, g22:5 i.e. a poetic allusion to the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem and the pulling down of his Temple on h22:5 Or his Holy Place on; so 1QIsaa; MT reads and a crying out for help to its mountain.ISV — Isaiah 22:5

    6 Elam takes up the quiver with chariots and cavalry, while Kir unsheathes the shield.ISV — Isaiah 22:6

    7 And it will come about i22:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads it came about that your choicest valleys will be filled with chariots, and horsemen will take their positions at the gates.ISV — Isaiah 22:7

    8 He has uncovered the defenses of Judah.” At that time, j22:8 Lit. On that day you looked at the arsenal of the Palace of the Forest, k22:8 Cf. 1King 10:16-17ISV — Isaiah 22:8

    9 and saw that there were many breaches in the City of David. So you stored up water from the Lower Pool,ISV — Isaiah 22:9

    10 counted the houses of Jerusalem, tore down certain houses to strengthen the wall,ISV — Isaiah 22:10

    11 and built a reservoir between the walls to store water from the Old Pool. But you did not look at l22:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX 4QIsac read to the One who did it, nor did you see the One who planned it long ago.ISV — Isaiah 22:11

    12 On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads m22:12 Lit. for baldness and wearing sackcloth.ISV — Isaiah 22:12

    13 But look! There is joy and festivity, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating meat and drinking n22:13 So 1QIsaa MT; 1QIsac reads and they drink wine. “Let us eat and drink, you say, because we die tomorrow.”ISV — Isaiah 22:13

    14 “Nevertheless, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has revealed himself to my hearing: ‘“Surely because of you o22:14 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX lack because of you this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,’ says the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.”ISV — Isaiah 22:14

    15 This is what the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies p22:15 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXX read LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: “Come, go to this steward, to Shebna who is in charge of the household, and ask him:ISV — Isaiah 22:15

    16 ‘What are you doing here, and who are your relatives here q22:16 Lit. whom do you have here that you could carve out a grave for yourself here—cutting out a tomb at the choicest location, r22:16 Lit. at the height chiseling out a resting place for yourself out of solid rock?ISV — Isaiah 22:16

    17 Look Out! The LORD is about to hurl you away violently, my strong fellow! He s22:17 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsaa 4QIsab MT LXX read And he will fold you up completely,ISV — Isaiah 22:17

    18 rolling you up tightly like a ball and throwing you into a large country. There t22:18 So 4QIsaf; 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsaa MT read To there; cf. LXX you will die, and there u22:18 So 4QIsaf; 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsaa MT read and to there; cf. LXX your splendid chariots will lie. You’re a disgrace to your master’s house!ISV — Isaiah 22:18

    19 I will depose you from your office, ousting you v22:19 Lit. he has ousted you; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsaf MT LXXms read he will oust you; LXX lacks he has ousted you from your position.ISV — Isaiah 22:19

    20 “At that time, w22:20 Lit. On that day I’ll call for my servant, Hilkiah’s x22:20 Lit. Hilkyah; so 1QIsaa 4QIsaf son Eliakim,ISV — Isaiah 22:20

    21 and I’ll clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him. I’ll transfer your authority to him, y22:21 Lit. to his hand and he’ll be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.ISV — Isaiah 22:21

    22 “I’ll place on his shoulder the key to the house of David—what he opens, no one will shut, and what he shuts, no one will open.ISV — Isaiah 22:22

    23 I’ll set him like a peg into a secure place; he will become a throne of honor to his father’s house.ISV — Isaiah 22:23

    24 The entire reputation of his father’s house will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its smaller vessels, from the cups to all the jars.ISV — Isaiah 22:24

    25 At that time,” z22:25 Lit. On that day declares the LORD aa22:25 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsaf reads the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies, “the peg that was driven into a secure place will give way; it will be sheared and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.” The LORD has spoken.ISV — Isaiah 22:25

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