Isaiah 22

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Prophecy on the Valley of Vision: Now what is the matter with you for you al to be up on thehousetops,	1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2 ful of excitement, boisterous town, joyful city? Your slain have not fal en to the sword nor died in battle.	2 Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.
3 Your leaders have al fled together, captured without a bow between them, al who could be found havebeen captured at a blow, far though they had fled.	3 All the princes are fled together, and are bound hard: all that were found, are bound together, they are fled far off.
4 That is why I said, 'Turn your eyes away from me, let me weep bitterly; do not try to comfort me overthe ruin of the daughter of my people.'	4 Therefore have I said: Depart from me, I will weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, for the devastation of the daughter of my people.
5 For this is a day of rout, panic and confusion, the work of the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth in the Val ey ofVision. The wal is sapped, cries for help ring out to the mountains.	5 For it is a day of slaughter and of treading down, and of weeping to the Lord the God of hosts in the valley of vision, searching the wall, and magnificent upon the mountain.
6 Elam has picked up his quiver, with manned chariots and horsemen, and Kir has bared his shield.	6 And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.
7 Your fairest val eys are full of chariots and the horsemen take up positions at the gates;	7 And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horseman shall place themselves in the gate.
8 thus falls the defence of Judah. That day you turned your gaze to the weapons in the House of theForest.	8 And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.
9 You saw how many breaches there were in the City of David. You col ected the waters of the lowerpool.	9 And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,
10 You surveyed the houses in Jerusalem and pul ed houses down to strengthen the wal .	10 And have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and broken down houses to fortify the wall.
11 Between the two wal s you made a reservoir for the waters of the old pool. But you did not look to theCreator of these things, you did not look to the One who fashioned them long ago.	11 And you made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: and you have not looked up to the maker thereof, nor regarded him even at a distance, that wrought it long ago.
12 That day the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth cal ed on you to weep and mourn, to shave your heads, to put onsackcloth.	12 And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
13 But instead there is joy and merriment, killing of oxen, slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat, drinkingof wine, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shal be dead.'	13 And behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
14 Then Yahweh Sabaoth revealed this to my ears, 'This guilt wil never be forgiven you, until you aredead,' says the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth.	14 And the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed in my ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till you die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
15 The Lord Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Go and find that steward, Shebna, the master of the palace:	15 Thus saith the Lord God of hosts: Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna who is over the temple: and thou shalt say to him:
16 'What do you own here, who gave you the right for you to hew yourself a tomb here?' He is hewinghimself a tomb, is digging a resting-place for himself in the rock.	16 What dost thou here, or as if thou wert somebody here? for thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, thou hast hewed out a monument carefully in a high place, a dwelling for thyself in a rock.
17 But Yahweh wil throw you away, strong as you are, wil grasp you in his grip,	17 Behold the Lord will cause thee to be carried away, as a cock is carried away, and he will lift thee up as a garment.
18 will screw you up into a bal , a ball thrown into a vast space. There you will die, with your splendidchariots, disgrace to your master's palace!	18 He will crown thee with a crown of tribulation, he will toss thee like a ball into a large and spacious country: there shalt thou die, and there shall the chariot of thy glory be, the shame of the house of thy Lord.
19 I shal hound you from your office, I shal snatch you from your post	19 And I will drive thee out From thy station, and depose thee from thy ministry.
20 and, when that day comes, I shal summon my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.	20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliacim the son of Helcias,
21 I shal dress him in your tunic, I shal put your sash round his waist, I shall invest him with yourauthority; and he wil be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the House of Judah.	21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and will strengthen him with thy girdle, and will give thy power into his hand: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Juda.
22 I shal place the key of David's palace on his shoulder; when he opens, no one will close, when hecloses, no one wil open.	22 And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open.
23 I shal drive him like a nail into a firm place; and he wil become a throne of glory for his family.	23 And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.
24 'On him wil depend al the glory of his family, the descendants and offspring, al the vessels of smalcapacity too, from cups to pitchers.	24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, divers kinds of vessels, every little vessel, from the vessels of cups even to every instrument of music.
25 That day, declares Yahweh Sabaoth, the nail driven into a firm place wil give way, wil be torn out andfal . And the whole load hanging on it will be lost. For Yahweh has spoken.'	25 dummy verses inserted by amos
	26 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the peg be removed, that was fastened in the sure place: and it shall be broken and shall fall: and that which hung thereon, shall perish, because the Lord hath spoken it.