Esias 22

1 THE WORD OF THE VALLEY OF SION. What has happened to you, that now you are all gone up to the housetops which help you not?

The burden of the Valley of Vision. What is [troubling] you now, that you have gone up, All of you—to the roofs?

2 The city is filled with shouting [men]: your slain are not slain with swords, nor are your dead those who have died in battle.

Full of stirs—a noisy city—an exulting city, Your pierced are not pierced of the sword, Nor dead in battle.

3 All your princes have fled, and [your] captives are tightly bound, and the mighty [men] in you have fled far away.

All your rulers fled from the bow together, All found of you have been bound, They have been kept bound together, They have fled far off.

4 Therefore I said, Let me alone, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the breach of the daughter of my people.

Therefore I said, “Look [away] from me, I am bitter in my weeping, do not hurry to comfort me, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

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.

For a day of noise, and of treading down, And of perplexity, [is] to the Lord, YHWH of Hosts, In the Valley of Vision, digging down a wall, And crying to the mountain.

6 And the Elamites took [their] quivers, and [there were] men mounted on horses, and [there was] a gathering for battle.

And Elam has carried a quiver, In a chariot of men—horsemen, And Kir has exposed a shield.

7 And it shall be [that] your choice valleys shall be filled with chariots, and horsemen shall block up your gates.

And it comes to pass, The choice of your valleys have been full of chariots, And the horsemen diligently place themselves at the gate.

8 And they shall uncover the gates of Juda, and they shall look in that day on the choice houses of the city.

And one removes the covering of Judah, And in that day you look To the armor of the house of the forest,

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;

And you have seen the breaches of the City of David, For they have become many, And you gather the waters of the lower pool,

10 and that they [had] pulled down the houses of Jerusalem, to fortify the wall of the city.

And you numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And you break down the houses to fortify the wall.

11 And you procured to yourselves water between the two walls within the ancient pool: but you looked not to him that made it from the beginning, and regarded not him that created it.

And you made a ditch between the two walls, For the waters of the old pool, And you have not looked to its Maker, And you have not seen its Framer of old.

12 And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and lamentation, and baldness, and for girding with sackcloth:

And the Lord calls, YHWH of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of sackcloth,

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.

And behold, joy and gladness, slaying of oxen, And slaughtering of sheep, Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

14 And these things are revealed in the ears of the Lord of hosts: for this sin shall not be forgiven you, until you die.

And it has been revealed in my ears, [By] YHWH of Hosts: This iniquity is not pardoned to you, Until you die, said the Lord, YHWH of Hosts.

15 Thus says the Lord of hosts, Go into the chamber, to Somnas the treasurer, and say to him, Why are you here?

Thus said the Lord, YHWH of Hosts: “Go forth, go to this steward, To Shebna, who [is] over the house:

16 and what have you to do here, that you have here hewn yourself a sepulchre, and made yourself a sepulchre on high, and have graven for yourself a dwelling in the rock?

What are you [doing] here? And who has [allowed] you here? That you have hewn out a tomb for yourself here? Hewing his tomb on high, Carving a dwelling for himself in a rock.

17 Behold now, the Lord of hosts casts forth and will utterly destroy [such] a man, and will take away your robe and your glorious crown,

Behold, YHWH is casting you up and down, A casting up and down, O mighty one,

18 and will cast you into a great and unmeasured land, and there you shall die: and he will bring your fair chariot to shame, and the house of your prince to be trodden down.

And your coverer covering, wrapping around, Wraps you around, O babbler, On a land of broad sides—there you die, And there the chariots of your glory [are] the shame of the house of your lord.

19 And you shall be removed from your stewardship, and from your place.

And I have thrust you from your station, And he throws you down from your office.

20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Chelcias:

And it has come to pass in that day, That I have called to My servant, To Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

21 and I will put on him your robe, and I will grant him your crown with power, and I will give your stewardship into his hands: and he shall be as a father to them that dwell in Jerusalem, and to them that dwell in Juda.

And I have clothed him with your coat, And I strengthen him with your girdle, And I give your garment into his hand, And he has been for a father to the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And to the house of Judah.

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.

And I have placed the key Of the house of David on his shoulder, And he has opened, and none is shutting, And has shut, and none is opening.

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.

And I have fixed him [as] a nail in a steadfast place, And he has been for a throne of glory To the house of his father.

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.

And they have hanged on him All the glory of the house of his father, The offspring and the issue, All vessels of small quality, From vessels of basins to all vessels of flagons.

25 Thus says 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.

In that day—a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, The nail that is fixed is moved In a steadfast place, Indeed, it has been cut down, and has fallen, And the burden that [is] on it has been cut off, For YHWH has spoken!”