Isaiah 22

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up 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 Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor 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 the princes are fled together, and are bound hard: all that were found, are bound together, they are fled far off.	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 have I said: Depart from me, I will weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, for the devastation 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 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.	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 took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.	6 Elam has picked up his quiver, with manned chariots and horsemen, and Kir has bared his shield.
7 And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horseman shall place themselves in the gate.	7 Your fairest val eys are full of chariots and the horsemen take up positions at the gates;
8 And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury 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 shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together 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 have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and broken down houses to fortify the wall.	10 You surveyed the houses in Jerusalem and pul ed houses down to strengthen the wal .
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.	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 And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to 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, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall 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 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.	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 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:	15 The Lord Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Go and find that steward, Shebna, the master of the palace:
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.	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 cause thee to be carried away, as a cock is carried away, and he will lift thee up as a garment.	17 But Yahweh wil throw you away, strong as you are, wil grasp you in his grip,
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.	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 And I will drive thee out From thy station, and depose thee from thy ministry.	19 I shal hound you from your office, I shal snatch you from your post
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliacim the son of Helcias,	20 and, when that day comes, I shal summon my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
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.	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 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.	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 as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.	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 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.	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 dummy verses inserted by amos	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.'
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.