Isaiah 22 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
An about the of Vision: What is wrong with you now, that all of you have gone up to the rooftops?
You noisy city, full of commotion, you town drunk on revelry — your slain were not killed by the sword, they did not die in battle.
All your leaders fled together, captured without a single arrow fired. All of you who were found were taken prisoner together, even though they had run far away.
That is why I said, "Look away from me — let me weep bitterly. Do not try to comfort me over the destruction of my
For the of Armies, has a day of panic, trampling, and confusion in the Valley of Vision — a day of battering down walls and of crying out to the mountains.
picked up the quiver, with chariots and horsemen. Kir uncovered the shield.
Your finest valleys filled with chariots, and horsemen took up positions at the gate.
He stripped away Judah's defenses. On that day you looked to the weapons stored in the of the
You saw how many breaches there were in the walls of the of David. You collected water in the lower pool.
You counted the houses in Jerusalem and tore some down to reinforce the wall.
You built a reservoir between the two walls for the water from the old pool — but you never looked to the who it, never considered the who it
On that day the Master, Yahweh of Armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and rough
But instead — celebration and joy! Slaughtering cattle, butchering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, because tomorrow we die!"
Yahweh of Armies revealed this in my hearing: "This will never be wiped clean from you until the day you die," says the Master, Yahweh of Armies.
This is what the Master, Yahweh of Armies, said: "Go to this steward, to who is in charge of the palace —
What right do you have here, and who gave you permission to cut out a for yourself here, chiseling your resting place up high, carving out a dwelling in the rock?
Watch out — Yahweh is about to grab you and hurl you away, you so-called mighty man.
He will wind you up tight like a ball and throw you into a wide-open land. There you will die, and there your fancy chariots will stay — you, the disgrace of your master's house.
I will drive you out of your position, and you will be torn down from your post.
On that day I will call my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
I will dress him in your robe, fasten your sash around him, and hand over your authority to him. He will be a to the people of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
I will place on his shoulder the to the of David. What he opens, no one will shut; what he shuts, no one will open.
I will drive him in like a in a firm place, and he will become a throne of honor for his father's house.
All the weight of his father's house will hang on him — the offspring and the offshoots, every small vessel, from bowls to every kind of jar.
On that day," declares Yahweh of Armies, "the peg driven into the firm place will give way. It will be cut down and fall, and the load hanging on it will be destroyed." Yahweh has spoken.