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Isaiah 22

The Valley of Vision

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The  1oracle concerning the  avalley of vision. What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the  bhousetops?

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You who were full of noise, You boisterous town, you  aexultant city; Your slain were  bnot slain with the sword, Nor  1did they die in battle.

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 aAll your rulers have fled together, And have been captured  1without the bow; All of you who were found were taken captive together,  2Though they had fled far away.

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Therefore I say, "Turn your eyes away from me, Let me  aweep bitterly, Do not  1try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people."

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 aFor the Lord  1GOD of hosts has a  bday of panic,  csubjugation and confusion  dIn the valley of vision, A breaking down of walls And a crying  2to the mountain.

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 aElam took up the quiver With the chariots,  1infantry and horsemen; And  bKir uncovered the shield.

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Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.

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And He removed the  1defense of Judah. In that day you  2depended on the weapons of the  ahouse of the forest,

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And you saw that the breaches In the wall of the city of David were many; And you  acollected the waters of the lower pool.

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Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem And tore down houses to fortify the wall.

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And you made a reservoir  abetween the two walls For the waters of the  bold pool. But you did not  1depend on Him who made it, Nor did you  2take into consideration Him who planned it long ago.

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Therefore in that day the Lord  1GOD of hosts called you to  aweeping, to wailing, To  bshaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.

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Instead, there is  agaiety and gladness, Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, Eating of meat and drinking of wine: " bLet us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die."

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But the LORD of hosts revealed Himself  1to me, "Surely this  ainiquity  bshall not be  2forgiven you  cUntil you die," says the Lord  3GOD of hosts.

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Thus says the Lord  1GOD of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, To  aShebna, who is in charge of the royal household,

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`What right do you have here, And whom do you have here, That you have  ahewn a tomb for yourself here, You who hew a tomb on the height, You who carve a resting place for  1yourself in the rock?

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`Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you headlong, O man. And He is about to grasp you firmly

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And roll you tightly like a ball, To be  acast into a vast country; There you will die And there your splendid chariots will be, You shame of your master's house.'

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"I will  adepose you from your office, And  1I will pull you down from your station.

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"Then it will come about in that day, That I will summon My servant  aEliakim the son of Hilkiah,

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And I will clothe him with your tunic And tie your sash securely about him. I will entrust him with your  1authority, And he will become a  afather to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

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"Then I will set  athe key of the  bhouse of David on his shoulder, When he opens no one will shut, When he shuts no one will  copen.

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"I will drive him like a  apeg in a firm place, And he will become a  bthrone of glory to his father's house.

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"So they will hang on him all the glory of his father's house, offspring and  1issue, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars.

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"In that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "the  apeg driven in a firm place will give way; it will even  bbreak off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off, for the  cLORD has spoken."



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