22:1 THE WORD OF THE VALLEY OF SION. What
has happened to thee, that now ye are all gone up to the housetops which
help you not?
22:2 The city is filled with shouting [men]: thy slain are not slain with
swords, nor are thy dead those who have died in battle.
22:3 All thy princes have fled, and [thy] captives are tightly bound, and
the mighty [men] in thee have fled far away.
22:4 Therefore I said, Let me alone, I will weep bitterly; labour not to
comfort me for the breach of the daughter of my people.
22:5 For [it is] a day of trouble, and of destruction, and of treading down,
and [there is] perplexity [sent] from the Lord of hosts: they wander in the
valley of Sion; they wander from the least to the greatest on the mountains.
22:6 And the Elamites took [their] quivers, and [there were] men mounted on
horses, and [there was] a gathering for battle.
22:7 And it shall be [that] thy choice valleys shall be filled with
chariots, and horsemen shall block up thy gates.
22:8 And they shall uncover the gates of Juda, and they shall look in that
day on the choice houses of the city.
22:9 And they shall uncover the secret places of the houses of the citadel
of David: and they saw that they were many, and that one [had] turned the
water of the old pool into the city;
22:10 and that they [had] pulled down the houses of Jerusalem, to fortify
the wall of the city.
22:11 And ye procured to yourselves water between the two walls within the
ancient pool: but ye looked not to him that made it from the beginning, and
regarded not him that created it.
22:12 And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and
lamentation, and baldness, and for girding with sackcloth:
22:13 but they engaged in joy and gladness, slaying calves, and killing
sheep, so as to eat flesh, and drink wine; saying, Let us eat and drink; for
to-morrow we die.
22:14 And these things are revealed in the ears of the Lord of hosts: for
this sin shall not be forgiven you, until ye die.
22:15 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Go into the chamber, to Somnas the
treasurer, and say to him, Why art thou here?
22:16 and what hast thou to do here, that thou hast here hewn thyself a
sepulchre, and madest thyself a sepulchre on high, and hast graven for
thyself a dwelling in the rock?
22:17 Behold now, the Lord of hosts casts forth and will utterly destroy
[such] a man, and will take away thy robe and thy glorious crown,
22:18 and will cast thee into a great and unmeasured land, and there thou
shalt die: and he will bring thy fair chariot to shame, and the house of thy
prince to be trodden down.
22:19 And thou shalt be removed from thy stewardship, and from thy place.
22:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant
Eliakim the son of Chelcias:
22:21 and I will put on him thy robe, and I will grant him thy crown with
power, and I will give thy stewardship into his hands: and he shall be as a
father to them that dwell in Jerusalem, and to them that dwell in Juda.
22:22 And I will give him the glory of David; and he shall rule, and there
shall be none to speak against him: and I will give him the key of the house
of David [upon] his shoulder; and he shall open, and there shall be none to
shut; and he shall shut, and there shall be none to open.
22:23 And I will make him a ruler in a sure place, and he shall be for a
glorious throne of his father's house.
22:24 And every one that is glorious in the house of his father shall trust
in him, from the least to the greatest; and they shall depend upon him in
that day.
22:25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, The man that is fastened in the sure
place shall be removed and be taken away, and shall fall; and the glory that
is upon him shall be utterly destroyed: for the Lord has spoken it. |
22:1 The burden of the valley of vision.
What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
22:2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain
men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
22:3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all
that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
22:4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not
to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
22:5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by
the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and
of crying to the mountains.
22:6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir
uncovered the shield.
22:7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of
chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
22:8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that
day to the armour of the house of the forest.
22:9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are
many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
22:10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye
broken down to fortify the wall.
22:11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old
pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect
unto him that fashioned it long ago.
22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to
mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
22:13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating
flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this
iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of
hosts.
22:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer,
even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
22:16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed
thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high,
and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
22:17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and
will surely cover thee.
22:18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large
country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be
the shame of thy lord's house.
22:19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he
pull thee down.
22:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
22:21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy
girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a
father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he
shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
22:23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a
glorious throne to his father's house.
22:24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the
offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of
cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
22:25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened
in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that
was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it. |