Isaiah 22
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?
1This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,
2Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.
2O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
3All the princes are fled together, and are bound hard: all that were found, are bound together, they are fled far off.
3All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.
4Therefore have I said: Depart from me, I will weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, for the devastation of the daughter of my people.
4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
5For it is a day of slaughter and of treading down, and of weeping to the Lord the God of hosts in the valley of vision, searching the wall, and magnificent upon the mountain.
5For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
6And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.
6Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
7And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horseman shall place themselves in the gate.
7Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.
8And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.
8He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
9And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,
9You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
10And have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and broken down houses to fortify the wall.
10You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.
11And you made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: and you have not looked up to the maker thereof, nor regarded him even at a distance, that wrought it long ago.
11You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.
12And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
13And behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.
13But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14And the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed in my ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till you die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
14The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.
15Thus saith the Lord God of hosts: Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna who is over the temple: and thou shalt say to him:
15This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:
16What dost thou here, or as if thou wert somebody here? for thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, thou hast hewed out a monument carefully in a high place, a dwelling for thyself in a rock.
16What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
17Behold the Lord will cause thee to be carried away, as a cock is carried away, and he will lift thee up as a garment.
17Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,
18He will crown thee with a crown of tribulation, he will toss thee like a ball into a large and spacious country: there shalt thou die, and there shall the chariot of thy glory be, the shame of the house of thy Lord.
18roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.
19And I will drive thee out From thy station, and depose thee from thy ministry.
19I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.
20And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliacim the son of Helcias,
20On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
21And I will clothe him with thy robe, and will strengthen him with thy girdle, and will give thy power into his hand: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Juda.
21I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open.
22I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
23And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.
23I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.
24And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, divers kinds of vessels, every little vessel, from the vessels of cups even to every instrument of music.
24So they will hang on him the whole burden of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.
25In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the peg be removed, that was fastened in the sure place: and it shall be broken and shall fall: and that which hung thereon, shall perish, because the Lord hath spoken it.
25In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
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