(KJV) Isaiah 22¹

⥃The Valley of Vision

[1] The burden of the valley² of vision³. What⁴ aileth thee now, that thou⁵ art wholly gone up to the housetops?⁶ [2] Thou that art⁷ full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain⁸ [men are] not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. [3] All thy rulers⁹ are fled together, they are bound by the archers¹⁰: all that are found in thee are bound together, [which] have fled from far. [4] Therefore said I, Look¹¹ away from me; I will weep bitterly¹², labour¹³ not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. [5] For [it is] a day¹⁴ of trouble, and of treading¹⁵ down, and of perplexity¹⁶ by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking¹⁷ down the walls, and of crying¹⁸ to the mountains. [6] And Elam¹⁹ bare the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir²⁰ uncovered²¹ the shield. [7] And it shall come to pass, [that] thy choicest valleys²² shall be full²³ of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at²⁴ the gate.

[8] And he discovered²⁵ the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour²⁶ of the house of the forest. [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.²⁷ [10] And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. [11] Ye made also a ditch²⁸ between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have²⁹ not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. [12] And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call³⁰ to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness³¹, and to girding with sackcloth: [13] And behold³² joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let³³ us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die. [14] And it was³⁴ revealed in mine ears by the Lord of hosts, Surely³⁵ this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts.

⥃A Message for Shebna

[15] Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer³⁶, [even] unto Shebna³⁷, which³⁸ [is] over the house, [and say], [16] What hast³⁹ thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed⁴⁰ thee out a sepulchre here, [as] he⁴¹ that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, [and] that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? [17] Behold, the Lord will carry⁴² thee away with a mighty captivity⁴³, and will surely cover⁴⁴ thee. [18] He will surely⁴⁵ violently turn and toss thee [like] a ball into a large country⁴⁶: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory [shall be] the shame of thy lord’s house. [19] And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.⁴⁷

[20] [¶]And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim⁴⁸ the son of Hilkiah: [21] And I will clothe⁴⁹ him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father⁵⁰ to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. [22] And the key⁵¹ of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he⁵² shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. [23] And I will⁵³ fasten him [as] a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious⁵⁴ throne to his father’s house. [24] And they shall hang⁵⁵ upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small⁵⁶ quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons⁵⁷. [25] In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail⁵⁸ that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden⁵⁹ that [was] upon it shall be cut off: for the⁶⁰ Lord hath spoken [it].