Isaiah 22

1 oracle valley vision what? to/for you then for to ascend: rise all your to/for roof

A message about the Valley of Vision (Jerusalem). What's happening? Why has everyone gone up onto the rooftops?

2 shout full city to roar town jubilant slain: killed your not slain: killed sword and not to die battle

There are shouts and commotion all over the city with people celebrating. Your dead weren't killed by the sword or in battle.

3 all chief your to wander unitedness from bow to bind all to find you to bind together from distant to flee

All your leaders ran away together; they were captured without resistance. All your people trying to escape were captured together, even though they had run a long way away.

4 upon so to say to gaze from me to provoke in/on/with weeping not to hasten to/for to be sorry: comfort me upon violence daughter people my

That's why I said, “Go away! Let me mourn in peace. Don't insist on comforting me as the daughter of my people is ruined.”

5 for day tumult and subjugation and confusion to/for Lord YHWH/God Hosts in/on/with valley vision to destroy wall and cry to(wards) [the] mountain: mount

For the Lord has a day of defeat, of panic and confusion in the Valley of Vision, a day of tearing down walls and crying for help to the mountains.

6 and Elam to lift: bear quiver in/on/with chariot man horseman and Kir to uncover shield

The Elamites pick up their quivers full of arrows, and prepare their chariots and horsemen, while the people of Kir uncover their shields ready for battle.

7 and to be best valley your to fill chariot and [the] horseman to set: make to set: make [the] gate [to]

Your most productive valleys are now full of enemy chariots; and their cavalry are at your gates!

8 and to reveal: remove [obj] covering Judah and to look in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to(wards) weapon House (of the Forest) [the] (House of) the Forest

Judah's defenses have been stripped away and so at that time you went looking for weapons in the Palace of the Forest.

9 and [obj] breach city David to see: see for to multiply and to gather [obj] water [the] pool [the] lower

You examined the breaks in the walls of the City of David and found there were many. You had water collect in the lower pool.

10 and [obj] house: home Jerusalem to recount and to tear [the] house: home to/for to gather/restrain/fortify [the] wall

Your reviewed the number of houses in the city and demolished some to provide stone to repair the walls.

11 and reservoir to make between [the] wall to/for water [the] pool [the] old and not to look to(wards) to make her and to form: plan her from distant not to see: see

You built a reservoir inside the walls for the waters from the old pool, but you did not respect its Maker or think about the One who planned it long ago.

12 and to call: call to Lord YHWH/God Hosts in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to/for weeping and to/for mourning and to/for bald spot and to/for to gird sackcloth

At that time the Lord, the Lord Almighty, was calling you to weep and mourn, to shave your heads and wear sackcloth.

13 and behold rejoicing and joy to kill cattle and to slaughter flock to eat flesh and to drink wine to eat and to drink for tomorrow to die

Instead, you go on happily partying! You slaughter cattle and sheep so you can have your feasts, eating meat and drinking wine, saying, “Let's eat and drink, because we're going to die tomorrow!”

14 and to reveal: reveal in/on/with ear my LORD Hosts if: surely no to atone [the] iniquity: crime [the] this to/for you till to die [emph?] to say Lord YHWH/God Hosts

The Lord Almighty has made this clear to me: “I will not forgive this sin till your dying day, says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.”

15 thus to say Lord YHWH/God Hosts to go: went to come (in): come to(wards) [the] be useful [the] this upon Shebna which upon [the] house: palace

This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, told me to do. “Go to Shebna, the palace manager, and give him this message:

16 what? to/for you here and who? to/for you here for to hew to/for you here grave to hew height grave his to decree in/on/with crag tabernacle to/for him

‘What are you doing here? Who do you think you are, cutting out a tomb for yourself high up on a hill, carving out for yourself a place to rest?

17 behold LORD to cast you captivity great man and to grasp you to grasp

Watch out, you “great man”! The Lord is about to grab you and violently toss you aside.

18 to wrap to wrap you toss ball to(wards) land: country/planet broad: wide hand: spacious there [to] to die and there [to] chariot glory your dishonor house: palace lord your

He's going to roll you up into a ball, and throw you far away into a vast country. You will die there, and that's where the chariots you were so proud of will remain. You're a disgrace to your lord's royal family.

19 and to thrust you from station your and from office your to overthrow you

I will push you out of office, I will strip you of your position.

20 and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to call: call to to/for servant/slave my to/for Eliakim son: child Hilkiah

After that I will call for my servant, Eliakim, son of Hilkiah.

21 and to clothe him tunic your and girdle your to strengthen: strengthen him and dominion your to give: give in/on/with hand his and to be to/for father to/for to dwell Jerusalem and to/for house: household Judah

I will put your robe and place your sash around him, and I will give your authority to him. He will be a father to the people living in Jerusalem and Judah.

22 and to give: put key house: household David upon shoulder his and to open and nothing to shut and to shut and nothing to open

I will give him the key to the house of David. What he opens, nobody can shut; what he shuts, nobody can open.

23 and to blow him peg in/on/with place be faithful and to be to/for throne: seat glory to/for house: household father his

I will drive him like a nail hammered securely into a wall. He will bring honor to his family.

24 and to hang upon him all glory house: household father his [the] offspring and [the] offshoot all article/utensil [the] small from article/utensil [the] vessel and till all article/utensil [the] bag

The heavy burden of his father's family will hang on him—all the descendants and the inlaws—all the little containers, bowls and all kinds of jars.

25 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it utterance LORD Hosts to remove [the] peg [the] to blow in/on/with place be faithful and to cut down/off and to fall: fall and to cut: eliminate [the] burden which upon her for LORD to speak: speak

So the time will come, declares the Lord Almighty, when the nail will come out of the wall, even though it was hammered in securely. It will break off and fall down, and everything hanging on it will fall down too. The Lord has spoken.