Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
Quotes around Verses      |
 Isa 22:1 |
The [fn]oracle concerning the valley of vision. What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops? |
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Isa 22:2 |
You who were full of noise, You boisterous town, you exultant city; Your slain were not slain with the sword, Nor [fn]did they die in battle. |
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Isa 22:3 |
All your rulers have fled together, And have been captured [fn]without the bow; All of you who were found were taken captive together, [fn]Though they had fled far away. |
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Isa 22:4 |
Therefore I say, "Turn your eyes away from me, Let me weep bitterly, Do not [fn]try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people." |
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Isa 22:5 |
For the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts has a day of panic, subjugation and confusion In the valley of vision, A breaking down of walls And a crying [fn]to the mountain. |
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Isa 22:6 |
Elam took up the quiver With the chariots, [fn]infantry and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield. |
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Isa 22:7 |
Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate. |
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Isa 22:8 |
And He removed the [fn]defense of Judah. In that day you [fn]depended on the weapons of the house of the forest, |
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Isa 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. |
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Isa 22:10 |
Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem And tore down houses to fortify the wall. |
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Isa 22:11 |
And you made a reservoir between the two walls For the waters of the old pool. But you did not [fn]depend on Him who made it, Nor did you [fn]take into consideration Him who planned it long ago. |
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Isa 22:12 |
Therefore in that day the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth. |
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Isa 22:13 |
Instead, there is gaiety and gladness, Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, Eating of meat and drinking of wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die." |
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Isa 22:14 |
But the LORD of hosts revealed Himself [fn]to me, "Surely this iniquity shall not be [fn]forgiven you Until you die," says the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts. |
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Isa 22:15 |
Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household, |
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Isa 22:16 |
'What right do you have here, And whom do you have here, That you have hewn a tomb for yourself here, You who hew a tomb on the height, You who carve a resting place for [fn]yourself in the rock? |
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Isa 22:17 |
'Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you headlong, O man. And He is about to grasp you firmly |
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Isa 22:18 |
And roll you tightly like a ball, To be cast into a vast country; There you will die And there your splendid chariots will be, You shame of your master's house.' |
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Isa 22:19 |
"I will depose you from your office, And [fn]I will pull you down from your station. |
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Isa 22:20 |
"Then it will come about in that day, That I will summon My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, |
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Isa 22:21 |
And I will clothe him with your tunic And tie your sash securely about him. I will entrust him with your [fn]authority, And he will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. |
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Isa 22:22 |
"Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder, When he opens no one will shut, When he shuts no one will open. |
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Isa 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. |
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Isa 22:24 |
"So they will hang on him all the glory of his father's house, offspring and [fn]issue, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars. |
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Isa 22:25 |
"In that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "the peg driven in a firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken." |
NASB Footnotes:
- (22:1) Or, burden of
- (22:2) Literally: dead in battle
- (22:3) Literally: from a bow
- (22:3) So with ancient versions; Heb They fled far away
- (22:4) Literally: insist
- (22:5) Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD
- (22:5) Or, against
- (22:6) Literally: man
- (22:8) Literally: screen, covering
- (22:8) Or, looked to, considered
- (22:11) Or, look to, consider
- (22:11) Literally: see...Him
- (22:12) Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD
- (22:14) Literally: in my ears
- (22:14) Literally: atoned for
- (22:14) Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD
- (22:15) Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD
- (22:16) Literally: himself
- (22:19) So with many ancient versions; Heb He
- (22:21) Literally: rule
- (22:24) Or, perhaps, leaf
