Isaiah

Isaiah 22

1The prophet lamenteth the invasion of Jewry; 8he reproveth their trust in human means, and not in God; and their desperate rioting, when the times called for humiliation. 15He prophesieth the downfall of Shebna, 20and Eliakim's advancement in his room.

1THE ^aburden of ^bthe valley of vision. ^cWhat aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

a ch. 13.1. b Ps. 125.2. Je. 21.13. Ps. 147.19,20. Ro. 3.2; 9.3,4. Ge. 22.14. ch. 2.3. Lu. 13.33. Am. 7.12. v.5. c ch. 15.3. Je. 48.38. 2Ki. 18.26. De. 22.8. 2Sa. 11.2. Mat. 24.17.

2^dThou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: ^ethy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

d Am. 2.5. ch. 32.11-13; 33.14. Am. 6.3,4. v.12,13. e ch. 37.33; 31.5; 32.10; 5.13. Je. 14.18; 38.2. La. 4.9.

3^fAll thy rulers are fled together, they are bound ¹by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.

f ch. 3.1-8. 2Ki. 25.2-11,18-21. Je. 39.3,4,6. La. 4.19. Zec. 9.11. 2Ch. 33.11.

4Therefore said I, ^gLook away from me; ²I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

g Ca. 1.5. La. 1.2,16; 2.10,11,13,18,19; 3.48. Je. 4.19; 13.17; 9.1. Lu. 19.41. 2Co. 11.29.

5For ^hit is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity ⁱby the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.

h ch. 37.3; 10.6; 5.5. Es. 3.15. Mi. 7.4,10. 2Ki. 18.13; 25.10. Ho. 10.8. ch. 15.2-5,8. Lu. 19.41; 21.24. i La. 2.2.

6And ^jElam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and ^kKir ³uncovered the shield.

j ch. 21.2. Je. 49.35. Eze. 32.24. k 2Ki. 16.9.

7And it shall come to pass, that ⁴thy choicest valleys shall be ^lfull of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array ⁵at the gate.

l ch. 5.26-30; 10.28,32; 36.2; 37.24.

8¶And ^mhe ^*discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst ⁿlook in that day to the armour of ^othe house of the forest.

m ch. 36.1. 2Ch. 32.1. n Je. 17.5. ch. 2.22. o 1Ki. 10.17; 7.2. Ne. 3.19. Ca. 4.4.

9^pYe have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

p 2Ch. 32.4,5,30. v.10,11. ch. 7.3. 2Ki. 20.20.

10And ^qye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.

q 1Ch. 21.2,3; 27.23,24.

11^rYe made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ^sye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

r Ne. 3.16. s Je. 17.5. 2Ch. 16.7,12; 6.6. ch. 37.26. ch. 17.7,8; 8.17,19.

12And in that ^tday did the Lord GOD of hosts call ^uto weeping, and to mourning, ^vand to baldness, and to ^*girding with sackcloth:

t ch. 1.9,23; 24.1-11; 3.14; 5.18-23. Joel 1.13,14. Ja. 4.9,10. 1Pe. 5.6. Eze. 21.10. Ezr. 9.3. u Joel 2.17. v Job 1.20. Mi. 1.16. ch. 3.24.

13And behold ^wjoy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

w Am. 6.3-6; 5.23. ch. 5.12; 56.12. 1Co. 15.32. Mat. 24.49. Lu. 16.19; 17.27. Ja. 5.5.

14And it was ^xrevealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, ^ySurely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

x ch. 5.9. 1Sa. 3.21; 9.15. 1Ch. 17.25. Am. 3.7. y ch. 5.9. 1Sa. 3.14; 15.35. 2Sa. 6.23. Job 27.5. ch. 1.24,28,31; 5.24,25. Eze. 24.13. Mat. 12.32. Ex. 20.7. De. 29.19. Re. 20.14; 21.8.

15¶Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto ^zShebna, which is over the house, and say ,

z 2Ki. 18.18,37. ch. 36.3,4,22. 1Ki. 4.6; 18.3. Lu. 12.42.

16What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast ^a*hewed thee out a sepulchre here, ⁶as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?

a Job 3.13,14. 2Sa. 18.18. Mat. 27.60. Lu. 23.53. ch. 14.18. Ec. 12.5. Job 30.23. Nu. 24.21.

17Behold, ⁷the LORD will carry thee away with ⁸a mighty captivity, and will ^bsurely cover thee.

b Ps. 35.26. v.18. 2Sa. 15.30. Es. 7.8. Je. 14.3.

18He will ^csurely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a ⁹large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.

c Ps. 89.39. Ho. 9.17. Ps. 52.5.

19And ^dI will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

d Ps. 75.7. Job 40.11,12. Eze. 17.24. Ps. 52.1-7. Ex. 18.11. Pr. 16.18. Lu. 1.51-53.

20¶And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant ^eEliakim the son of Hilkiah:

e He. 5.4. Ex. 31.2. 2Ki. 18.18. ch. 36.11. v.15.

21And I ^fwill 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 ^gfather to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

f Ex. 28.4. Ge. 41.42. 1Sa. 18.4. ch. 11.5; 9.6; 63.9-13. Ps. 45.3,4. g Job 29.16. 1Co. 4.15. Ga. 4.19.

22And the ^hkey 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.

h Job 12.14. Re. 3.7. Mat. 18.18,19; 16.18,19; 28.18. ch. 9.6,7. Ep. 1.22,23.

23And I will fasten him as ⁱa nail in a sure place; and he shall be for ^ja glorious throne to his father's house.

i Ezr. 9.8. Zec. 10.4. Ec. 12.11. He. 13.8. v.25. ch. 42.1; 33.20; 54.2. j Not as v.18, but Lu. 2.14. 1Pe. 4.11. Ep. 3.21. Re. 3.21. ch. 9.7.

24And they ^kshall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all ¹⁰vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

k Ge. 41.40,41,44; 47.12. Mat. 11.27; 28.18. Jn. 1.16; 3.35. Col. 3.11; 2.10,19. Ro. 9.23. 2Ti. 2.20,21. Jn. 17.6,12.

25In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ^lthe nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the ^mburden that was upon it shall be cut off: ⁿfor the LORD hath spoken it.

l v.23. m ch. 13.1. n ch. 1.20.