“1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou
art wholly gone up to the housetops? 2 Thou that art full of stirs, a
tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain [men are] not slain with the
sword, nor dead in battle. 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. 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. 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. 6
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir
uncovered the shield. 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.”
“8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in
that day to the armour 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. 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 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. 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: 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. 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.”
“15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this
treasurer, [even] unto Shebna, which [is] over the house, [and say], 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? 17 Behold, the
LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover
thee. 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. 19 And I will drive thee
from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. 20 And it
shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the
son of Hilkiah: 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 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. 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. 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. 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].” (Isaiah 22:1-25 AV)