22:1 The pronouncement concerning the valley of vision:
What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
22:2 You who were full of noise,
You tumultuous town, you jubilant city;
Your dead were not killed with the sword,
Nor ①did they die in battle.
▷ ①Lit dead in battle
22:3 All your rulers have fled together,
And have been captured ①without the bow;
All of you who were found were taken captive together,
②Though they had fled far away.
▷ ①Lit from a bow ②As in ancient versions; MT They fled far away
22:4 Therefore I say, “Look away from me,
Let me weep bitterly,
Do not ①try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
▷ ①Lit insist
22:5 For the Lord ①GOD of armies has a day of panic, subjugation, and confusion
In the valley of vision,
A breaking down of walls
And a crying ②to the mountain.
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD ②Or against
22:6 Elam picked up the quiver,
With the chariots, ①infantry, and horsemen;
And Kir uncovered the shield.
▷ ①Lit man
22:7 Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
And the horsemen took positions at the gate.
22:8 And He removed the ①defense of Judah.
On that day you ②depended on the weapons of the house of the forest,
▷ ①Lit covering ②Lit looked to
22:9 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.
22:10 Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem
And tore down houses to fortify the wall.
22:11 And you made a reservoir between the two walls
For the waters of the old pool.
But you did not ①depend on Him who made it,
Nor did you ②take into consideration Him who planned it long ago.
▷ ①Or look to, consider ②Lit see Him
22:12 Therefore on that day the Lord ①GOD of armies called you to weeping, to wailing,
To shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
22:13 Instead, there is joy and jubilation,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”
22:14 But the LORD of armies revealed Himself ①to me:
“Certainly this wrongdoing will not be ②forgiven you
Until you die,” says the Lord ③GOD of armies.
▷ ①Lit in my ears ②Lit atoned for ③Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
22:15 This is what the Lord ①GOD of armies says:
“Come, go to this steward,
To Shebna who is in charge of the royal household,
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
22:16 ‘What right do you have here,
And whom do you have here,
That you have cut out a tomb for yourself here,
You who cut out a tomb on the height,
You who carve a resting place for ①yourself in the rock?
▷ ①Lit himself
22:17 Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you violently, you strong man.
And He is about to grasp you firmly
22:18 And wrap you up tightly like a ball,
To be driven into a vast country;
There you will die,
And there your splendid chariots will be,
You shame of your master’s house!’
22:19 I will depose you from your office,
And ①I will pull you down from your position.
▷ ①As in many ancient versions; MT He
22:20 Then it will come about on that day,
That I will summon My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
22:21 And I will clothe him with your tunic
And tie your sash securely around him.
I will hand your ①authority over to him,
And he will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
▷ ①Lit dominion
22:22 Then I will put the key of the house of David on his shoulder;
When he opens, no one will shut,
When he shuts, no one will open.
22:23 I will drive him like a peg in a firm place,
And he will become a throne of glory to his father’s house.
22:24 So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the ①descendants, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars.
▷ ①Or perhaps, leaf
22:25 On that day,” declares the LORD of armies, “the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and the load that is hanging on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken.”