Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 22

1This is the burdenH4853 against the ValleyH1516 of VisionH2384:

WhatH4100 ails you nowH645,thatH3588 you have allH3605 gone upH5927 to the rooftopsH1406,2O cityH5892 of commotionH8663 H4392,O townH7151 of revelryH1993 H5947?

Your slainH2491 did notH3808 dieH2491 by the swordH2719,nor were theyH3808 killedH4191 in battleH4421.3AllH3605 your rulersH7101 have fledH5074 togetherH3162,capturedH631 without a bowH7198.AllH3605 your fugitivesH4672 were capturedH631 togetherH3162,having fledH1272 to a distant placeH7350.4ThereforeH5921 H3651 I saidH559,“Turn awayH8159 from meH4480, let me weepH1065 bitterlyH4843!Do notH408 tryH213 to console meH5162overH5921 the destructionH7701 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971.”

5ForH3588 the LordH136 GODH3069 of HostsH6635 has set a dayH3117of tumultH4103 and tramplingH4001 and confusionH3998 in the ValleyH1516 of VisionH2384—of breakingH6979 down the wallsH7023and cryingH7771 toH413 the mountainsH2022.6ElamH5867 takes upH5375 a quiverH827, with chariotsH7393 H120 and horsemenH6571,and KirH7024 uncoversH6168 the shieldH4043.7 Your choicestH4005 valleysH6010 are full ofH4390 chariotsH7393,and horsemenH6571 are postedH7896 at the gatesH8179.8He has uncoveredH1540 the defensesH4539 of JudahH3063.

On thatH1931 dayH3117 you lookedH5027 toH413 the weaponsH5402 in the HouseH1004 of the ForestH3293. 9 You sawH7200 thatH3588 there were manyH7231 breachesH1233 in the walls of the CityH5892 of DavidH1732. You collectedH6908 waterH4325 from the lowerH8481 poolH1295. 10 You countedH5608 the housesH1004 of JerusalemH3389 and tore them downH5422 H1004 to strengthenH1219 the wallH2346. 11You builtH6213 a reservoirH4724 betweenH996 the wallsH2346 for the watersH4325 of the ancientH3465 poolH1295, but you did notH3808 lookH5027 toH413 the One who made itH6213, or considerH7200 Him who plannedH3335 it long agoH7350 H3808.

12On thatH1931 dayH3117 the LordH136 GODH3069 of HostsH6635calledH7121 for weepingH1065 and wailingH4553,for shaven headsH7144and the wearingH2296 of sackclothH8242.13But lookH2009, there is joyH8342 and gladnessH8057,butcheringH2026 of cattleH1241 and slaughteringH7819 of sheepH6629,eatingH398 of meatH1320 and drinkingH8354 of wineH3196:“Let us eatH398 and drinkH8354, forH3588 tomorrowH4279 we dieH4191!”1

14The LORDH3068 of HostsH6635 has revealedH1540 in my hearingH241:

“UntilH5704 your dying dayH4191,thisH2088 sinH5771 of yours will neverH518 be atoned forH3722,”saysH559 the LordH136 GODH3069 of HostsH6635.

A Message for Shebna

15This is whatH3541 the LordH136 GODH3069 of HostsH6635 saysH559: “GoH1980, say toH413 ShebnaH7644, theH2088 stewardH5532 in charge ofH5921 the palaceH1004: 16WhatH4100 are you doing hereH6311, and whoH4310 authorized youH6311 H3588 to carve outH2672 a tombH6913 for yourself hereH6311—to chiselH2672 your tombH6913 in the heightH4791 and cutH2710 your resting placeH4908 in the rockH5553?

17LookH2009, O mighty manH1397! The LORDH3068 is about to shake you violentlyH2904 H2925. He will take holdH5844 of youH5844, 18roll youH6801 H6802 into a ballH1754, and sling you intoH413 a wideH7342 H3027 landH776. ThereH8033 you will dieH4191, and thereH8033 your gloriousH3519 chariots will remainH4818—a disgraceH7036 to the houseH1004 of your masterH113. 19I will remove youH1920 from officeH4673, and you will be oustedH2040 from your positionH4612.

On thatH1931 dayH3117 I will summonH7121 My servantH5650, EliakimH471 sonH1121 of HilkiahH2518. 21I will clothe himH3847 with your robeH3801 and tie your sashH73 around himH2388. I will putH5414 your authorityH4475 in his handH3027, and he will beH1961 a fatherH1 to the dwellersH3427 of JerusalemH3389 and to the houseH1004 of JudahH3063. 22I will placeH5414 onH5921 his shoulderH7926 the keyH4668 to the houseH1004 of DavidH1732. What he opensH6605 noH369 one can shutH5462, and what he shutsH5462 noH369 one can openH6605.2 23I will drive himH8628 like a pegH3489 into a firmH539 placeH4725, and he will beH1961 a throneH3678 of gloryH3519 for the houseH1004 of his fatherH1.

24So they will hangH8518 on himH5921 allH3605 the gloryH3519 of his father’sH1 houseH1004: the descendantsH6631 and the offshootsH6849—allH3605 the lesserH6996 H3627 vesselsH3627, from bowlsH101 toH5704 every kindH3605 H3627 of jarH5035.

25In thatH1931 dayH3117, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635, the pegH3489 drivenH8628 into a firmH539 placeH4725 will give wayH4185; it will be sheared offH1438 and fallH5307, and the loadH4853 upon itH5921 will be cut downH3772.”

IndeedH3588, the LORDH3068 has spokenH1696.