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.”
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.”