Isaiah 22

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	NEW JERUSALEM
1 The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,	1 Prophecy on the Valley of Vision: Now what is the matter with you for you al to be up on thehousetops,
2 you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle.	2 ful of excitement, boisterous town, joyful city? Your slain have not fal en to the sword nor died in battle.
3 All your rulers have fled together, without the bow they were captured. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.	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.
4 Therefore I said: "Look away from me, let me weep bitter tears; do not labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people."	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.'
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.	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.
6 And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.	6 Elam has picked up his quiver, with manned chariots and horsemen, and Kir has bared his shield.
7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.	7 Your fairest val eys are full of chariots and the horsemen take up positions at the gates;
8 He has taken away the covering of Judah. In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,	8 thus falls the defence of Judah. That day you turned your gaze to the weapons in the House of theForest.
9 and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many, and you collected the waters of the lower pool,	9 You saw how many breaches there were in the City of David. You col ected the waters of the lowerpool.
10 and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.	10 You surveyed the houses in Jerusalem and pul ed houses down to strengthen the wal .
11 You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or have regard for him who planned it long ago.	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.
12 In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and girding with sackcloth;	12 That day the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth cal ed on you to weep and mourn, to shave your heads, to put onsackcloth.
13 and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."	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.'
14 The LORD of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: "Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you till you die," says the Lord GOD of hosts.	14 Then Yahweh Sabaoth revealed this to my ears, 'This guilt wil never be forgiven you, until you aredead,' says the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth.
15 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:	15 The Lord Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Go and find that steward, Shebna, the master of the palace:
16 What have you to do here and whom have you here, that you have hewn here a tomb for yourself, you who hew a tomb on the height, and carve a habitation for yourself in the rock?	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.
17 Behold, the LORD will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. He will seize firm hold on you,	17 But Yahweh wil throw you away, strong as you are, wil grasp you in his grip,
18 and whirl you round and round, and throw you like a ball into a wide land; there you shall die, and there shall be your splendid chariots, you shame of your master's house.	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!
19 I will thrust you from your office, and you will be cast down from your station.	19 I shal hound you from your office, I shal snatch you from your post
20 In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,	20 and, when that day comes, I shal summon my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
21 and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your girdle on him, and will commit your authority to his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.	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.
22 And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.	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.
23 And I will fasten him like a peg in a sure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father's house.	23 I shal drive him like a nail into a firm place; and he wil become a throne of glory for his family.
24 And they will hang on him the whole weight of his father's house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.	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.
25 In that day, says the LORD of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a sure place will give way; and it will be cut down and fall, and the burden that was upon it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken."	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.'