Isaiah 22 NIV NLT Parallel

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1A prophecy against the Valley of Vision: What troubles you now, that you have all gone up on the roofs,

1This message came to me concerning Jerusalem—the Valley of Vision : What is happening? Why is everyone running to the rooftops?

2you town so full of commotion, you city of tumult and revelry? Your slain were not killed by the sword, nor did they die in battle.

2The whole city is in a terrible uproar. What do I see in this reveling city? Bodies are lying everywhere, killed not in battle but by famine and disease.

3All your leaders have fled together; they have been captured without using the bow. All you who were caught were taken prisoner together, having fled while the enemy was still far away.

3All your leaders have fled. They surrendered without resistance. The people tried to slip away, but they were captured, too.

4Therefore I said, "Turn away from me; let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people."

4That’s why I said, “Leave me alone to weep; do not try to comfort me. Let me cry for my people as I watch them being destroyed.”

5The Lord, the LORD Almighty, has a day of tumult and trampling and terror in the Valley of Vision, a day of battering down walls and of crying out to the mountains.

5Oh, what a day of crushing defeat! What a day of confusion and terror brought by the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, upon the Valley of Vision! The walls of Jerusalem have been broken, and cries of death echo from the mountainsides.

6Elam takes up the quiver, with her charioteers and horses; Kir uncovers the shield.

6Elamites are the archers, with their chariots and charioteers. The men of Kir hold up the shields.

7Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the city gates.

7Chariots fill your beautiful valleys, and charioteers storm your gates.

8The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah, and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest.

8Judah’s defenses have been stripped away. You run to the armory for your weapons.

9You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places; you stored up water in the Lower Pool.

9You inspect the breaks in the walls of Jerusalem. You store up water in the lower pool.

10You counted the buildings in Jerusalem and tore down houses to strengthen the wall.

10You survey the houses and tear some down for stone to strengthen the walls.

11You built a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the Old Pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or have regard for the One who planned it long ago.

11Between the city walls, you build a reservoir for water from the old pool. But you never ask for help from the One who did all this. You never considered the One who planned this long ago.

12The Lord, the LORD Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.

12At that time the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, called you to weep and mourn. He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.

13But see, there is joy and revelry, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine! "Let us eat and drink," you say, "for tomorrow we die!"

13But instead, you dance and play; you slaughter cattle and kill sheep. You feast on meat and drink wine. You say, “Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

14The LORD Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: "Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for," says the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

14The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has revealed this to me: “Till the day you die, you will never be forgiven for this sin.” That is the judgment of the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. A Message for Shebna

15This is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says: "Go, say to this steward, to Shebna the palace administrator:

15This is what the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, said to me: “Confront Shebna, the palace administrator, and give him this message:

16What are you doing here and who gave you permission to cut out a grave for yourself here, hewing your grave on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock?

16“Who do you think you are, and what are you doing here, building a beautiful tomb for yourself— a monument high up in the rock?

17"Beware, the LORD is about to take firm hold of you and hurl you away, you mighty man.

17For the LORD is about to hurl you away, mighty man. He is going to grab you,

18He will roll you up tightly like a ball and throw you into a large country. There you will die and there the chariots you were so proud of will become a disgrace to your master's house.

18crumple you into a ball, and toss you away into a distant, barren land. There you will die, and your glorious chariots will be broken and useless. You are a disgrace to your master!

19I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position.

19“Yes, I will drive you out of office,” says the LORD. “I will pull you down from your high position.

20"In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

20And then I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah to replace you.

21I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah.

21I will dress him in your royal robes and will give him your title and your authority. And he will be a father to the people of Jerusalem and Judah.

22I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

22I will give him the key to the house of David—the highest position in the royal court. When he opens doors, no one will be able to close them; when he closes doors, no one will be able to open them.

23I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat of honor for the house of his father.

23He will bring honor to his family name, for I will drive him firmly in place like a nail in the wall.

24All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots--all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.

24They will give him great responsibility, and he will bring honor to even the lowliest members of his family. ”

25"In that day," declares the LORD Almighty, "the peg driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down." The LORD has spoken.

25But the LORD of Heaven’s Armies also says: “The time will come when I will pull out the nail that seemed so firm. It will come out and fall to the ground. Everything it supports will fall with it. I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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