The Valley of Vision
1 The (a)oracle concerning the (A)valley of vision.
What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the (B)housetops?
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7 Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.
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9 And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.
And you saw that the breaches
In the wall of the city of David were many;
And you (N)collected the waters of the lower pool.
10 In the wall of the city of David were many;
And you (N)collected the waters of the lower pool.
Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem
And tore down houses to fortify the wall.
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And tore down houses to fortify the wall.
15 Thus says the Lord (q)God of hosts,
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‘Behold, the Lord is about to hurl you headlong, O man.
And He is about to grasp you firmly
18 And He is about to grasp you firmly
And roll you tightly like a ball,
To be (Z)cast 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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To be (Z)cast into a vast country;
There you will die
And there your splendid chariots will be,
You shame of your master’s house.’
24 So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, offspring and (u)issue, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars.
25 In that day,” declares the Lord of hosts, “the (AI)peg driven in a firm place will give way; it will even (AJ)break off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off, for the (AK)Lord has spoken.”
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 22:1: ['Or ', burden of]
b.
Isaiah 22:2: ['Lit ', dead in battle]
c.
Isaiah 22:3: ['Lit ', from a bow]
d.
Isaiah 22:3: ['So with ancient versions; Heb ', They fled far away]
e.
Isaiah 22:4: ['Lit ', insist]
f.
Isaiah 22:5: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]
g.
Isaiah 22:5: ['Or ', against]
h.
Isaiah 22:6: ['Lit ', man]
i.
Isaiah 22:8: ['Lit ', screen, covering]
j.
Isaiah 22:8: ['Or ', looked to, considered]
k.
Isaiah 22:11: ['Or ', look to, consider]
l.
Isaiah 22:11: ['Lit ', see...Him]
m.
Isaiah 22:12: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]
n.
Isaiah 22:14: ['Lit ', in my ears]
o.
Isaiah 22:14: ['Lit ', atoned for]
p.
Isaiah 22:14: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]
q.
Isaiah 22:15: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]
r.
Isaiah 22:16: ['Lit ', himself]
s.
Isaiah 22:19: ['So with many ancient versions; Heb ', He]
t.
Isaiah 22:21: ['Lit ', rule]
u.
Isaiah 22:24: ['Or perhaps, ', leaf]