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Isaiah, Chapter 22

¹ The^a Or burden oforacle concerning the valley of vision. What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?	1 Psa 125:2 Jer 21:13 Joe 3:12 Joe 3:14 Isa 15:3
² You who were full of noise, You boisterous town, you exultant city; Your slain were not slain with the sword, Nor^b Lit dead in battledid they die in battle.	2 Isa 23:7 Isa 32:13 Jer 14:18 Lam 2:20
³ All your rulers have fled together, And have been captured^c Lit from a bowwithout the bow; All of you who were found were taken captive together, ^dThough they had fled far away.	3 Isa 21:15
⁴ Therefore I say, “Turn your eyes away from me, Let me weep bitterly, Do not^e Lit insisttry to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”	4 Isa 15:3 Jer 9:1 Luk 19:41
⁵ For the Lord^f Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD of hosts has a day of panic, subjugation and confusion In the valley of vision, A breaking down of walls And a crying^g Or againstto the mountain.	5 Lam 1:5 Lam 2:2 Isa 37:3 Isa 10:6 Isa 63:3 Isa 22:1
⁶ Elam took up the quiver With the chariots,^h Lit maninfantry and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield.	6 Isa 21:2 Jer 49:35 Ki2 16:9 Amo 1:5 Amo 9:7
⁷ Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.
⁸ And He removed theⁱ Lit screen, coveringdefense of Judah. In that day you^j Or looked to, considereddepended on the weapons of the house of the forest,	8 Ki1 7:2 Ki1 10:17
⁹ And you saw that the breaches In the wall of the city of David were many; And you collected the waters of the lower pool.	9 Ki2 20:20 Neh 3:16
¹⁰ Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem And tore down houses to fortify the wall.
¹¹ And you made a reservoir between the two walls For the waters of the old pool. But you did not^k Or look to, considerdepend on Him who made it, Nor did you^l Lit see...Himtake into consideration Him who planned it long ago.	11 Ki2 25:4 Jer 39:4 Ki2 20:20 Ch2 32:3 Ch2 32:4
¹² Therefore in that day the Lord^m Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.	12 Isa 32:11 Joe 1:13 Joe 2:17 Mic 1:16
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.”	13 Isa 5:11 Isa 5:22 Isa 28:7 Isa 28:8 Luk 17:26-29 Isa 56:12 Co1 15:32
¹⁴ But the LORD of hosts revealed Himselfⁿ Lit in my earsto me, “Surely this iniquity shall not be^o Lit atoned forforgiven you Until you die,” says the Lord^p Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD of hosts.	14 Isa 13:11 Isa 26:21 Isa 30:13 Isa 65:7 Sa1 3:14 Eze 24:13 Isa 65:20
¹⁵ Thus says the Lord^q Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household,	15 Ki2 18:18 Ki2 18:26 Ki2 18:37 Isa 36:3 Isa 36:11 Isa 36:22 Isa 37:2
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^r Lit himselfyourself in the rock?	16 Sa2 18:18 Ch2 16:14 Mat 27:60
¹⁷ ‘Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you headlong, O man. And He is about to grasp you firmly
¹⁸ And 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.’	18 Job 18:18 Isa 17:13
¹⁹ “I will depose you from your office, And^s So with many ancient versions; Heb HeI will pull you down from your station.	19 Job 40:11 Job 40:12 Eze 17:24
²⁰ “Then it will come about in that day, That I will summon My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,	20 Ki2 18:18 Isa 36:3 Isa 36:22 Isa 37:2
²¹ And I will clothe him with your tunic And tie your sash securely about him. I will entrust him with your^t Lit ruleauthority, And he will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.	21 Gen 45:8 Job 29:16
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.	22 Rev 3:7 Isa 7:2 Isa 7:13 Job 12:14
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.	23 Ezr 9:8 Zec 10:4 Sa1 2:8 Job 36:7
²⁴ So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, offspring and^u Or perhaps, leafissue, 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.”	25 Isa 22:23 Est 9:24 Est 9:25 Isa 46:11 Mic 4:4


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