An Oracle Concerning Jerusalem

Isaiah 22

1 The v oracle concerning w the valley of vision.
What do you mean that you have gone up,
all of you, to the housetops,
 2 you who are full of shoutings,
tumultuous city, x exultant town?
Your slain are y not slain with the sword
or dead in battle.
 3 z All your leaders have fled together;
without the bow they were captured.
All of you who were found were captured,
though they had fled far away.
 4 Therefore I said:
"Look away from me;
a let me weep bitter tears;
do not labor to comfort me
concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people."

5 b For the Lord God of hosts has c a day
of tumult and d trampling and e confusion
in w the valley of vision,
a battering down of walls
and a shouting to the mountains.
 6 And f Elam bore the quiver
with chariots and horsemen,
and g Kir uncovered the shield.
 7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.

8 He has taken away h the covering of Judah.
In that day you looked to i the weapons of the House of the Forest, 9 and you saw that j the breaches of the city of David were many. k You collected the waters of the lower pool, 10 and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. 11 k You made a reservoir between l the two walls for the water of m the old pool. But n you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.

12 In that day o the Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for p baldness and q wearing sackcloth;
 13 and behold, joy and gladness,
killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
eating flesh and drinking wine.
r "Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die."
 14 The Lord of hosts s has revealed himself in my ears:
"Surely t this iniquity will not be atoned for you u until you die,"
says the Lord God of hosts.

15 Thus says the Lord God of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, to v Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him: 16 What have you to do here, and whom have you here, w that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you x who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock? 17 Behold, the Lord will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. y He will seize firm hold on you 18 and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be z your glorious chariots, you shame of your master's house. 19 a I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your station. 20 In that day I will call my servant b Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, 21 and b I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your sash on him, and will commit your authority to his hand. And he shall be c a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. 22 And I will place d on his shoulder e the key of the house of David. f He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 23 And I will fasten him g like a peg in a secure place, and he will become h a throne of honor to his father's house. 24 And they will hang on him the whole honor of his father's house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons. 25 In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, g the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off, for the Lord has spoken."

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:1
    The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:5
    For the Lord God of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the valley of vision, a battering down of walls and a shouting to the mountains.
    Jeremiah 21:13
    "Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O rock of the plain, declares the Lord ; you who say, 'Who shall come down against us, or who shall enter our habitations?'
    Joel 3:12
    Let the nations stir themselves up and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
    Joel 3:14
    Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 32:13
    For the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers, yes, for all the joyous houses in the exultant city.
  4. Cross References
    Lamentations 4:9
    Happier were the victims of the sword than the victims of hunger, who wasted away, pierced by lack of the fruits of the field.
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:10
    Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:1
    Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
    Micah 1:8
    For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 2:12 - 17
    For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up - and it shall be brought low.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 37:3
    They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 10:6
    Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
    Isaiah 18:2
    Which sends ambassadors by the sea, in vessels of papyrus on the waters! Go, you swift messengers, to a nation, tall and smooth, to a people feared near and far, a nation mighty and conquering, whose land the rivers divide.
  10. Cross References
    Micah 7:4
    The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.
  11. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:1
    The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops.
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 11:11
    In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
  13. Cross References
    2 Kings 16:9
    And the king of Assyria listened to him. The king of Assyria marched up against Damascus and took it, carrying its people captive to Kir, and he killed Rezin.
  14. Cross References
    Isaiah 30:1
    Ah, stubborn children," declares the Lord, "who carry out a plan, but not mine, and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin.
  15. Cross References
    1 Kings 10:17
    And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
  16. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:5
    For the Lord God of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the valley of vision, a battering down of walls and a shouting to the mountains.
    Isaiah 22:10
    And you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
    2 Chronicles 32:5
    He set to work resolutely and built up all the wall that was broken down and raised towers upon it, and outside it he built another wall, and he strengthened the Millo in the city of David. He also made weapons and shields in abundance.
  17. Cross References
    Nehemiah 3:16
    After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.
  18. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:9
    And you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many. You collected the waters of the lower pool.
  19. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:4
    Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king's garden, though the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah.
  20. Cross References
    Isaiah 7:3
    And the Lord said to Isaiah, "Go out to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field.
    2 Kings 20:20
    The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah and all his might and how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
    2 Chronicles 32:3 - 4
    He planned with his officers and his mighty men to stop the water of the springs that were outside the city; and they helped him.
  21. Cross References
    Isaiah 5:12
    They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, or see the work of his hands.
  22. Cross References
    Joel 2:17
    Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep and say, "Spare your people, O Lord, and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'
  23. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:24
    Instead of perfume there will be rottenness; and instead of a belt, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a skirt of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
  24. Cross References
    2 Samuel 3:31
    Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner." And King David followed the bier.
  25. Cross References
    Isaiah 56:12
    "Come," they say, "let me get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure."
    1 Corinthians 15:32
    What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
  26. Cross References
    Isaiah 5:9
    The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing: "Surely many houses shall be desolate, large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
  27. Cross References
    Isaiah 27:9
    Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.
    1 Samuel 3:14
    Therefore I swear to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.
  28. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:13
    And behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
  29. Cross References
    Isaiah 36:3
    And there came out to him Eliakim the son of Hi...
    Isaiah 36:11
    Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabs...
    Isaiah 36:22
    Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over t...
    Isaiah 37:2
    And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household...
    2 Kings 18:18
    And when they called for the king, there came o...
    2 Kings 18:26
    Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, a...
    2 Kings 18:37
    Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over t...
    2 Kings 19:2
    And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household...
  30. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 16:14
    They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.
  31. Cross References
    Matthew 27:60
    And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.
  32. Cross References
    Daniel 3:21
    Then these men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics, their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace.
  33. Cross References
    Isaiah 36:9
    How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
  34. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:25
    In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off, for the Lord has spoken.
  35. Cross References
    Isaiah 36:3
    And there came out to him Eliakim the son of Hi...
    Isaiah 37:2
    And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household...
    2 Kings 18:18
    And when they called for the king, there came o...
    2 Kings 18:26
    Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, a...
    2 Kings 18:37
    Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over t...
    2 Kings 19:2
    And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household...
  36. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:20
    In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah.
  37. Cross References
    Genesis 45:8
    So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
  38. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:6
    For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  39. Cross References
    Revelation 3:7
    And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
  40. Cross References
    Job 12:14
    If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.
  41. Cross References
    Isaiah 33:20
    Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
    Isaiah 54:2
    Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes.
    Ecclesiastes 12:11
    The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd.
  42. Cross References
    Revelation 3:21
    The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
  43. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:23
    And I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father's house.
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