Isaiah 22:1-14 - Oracle Against Jerusalem

¹ The burden of the valley of vision. What troubles thee now, that thou have wholly gone up to the housetops? ² O thou that are full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town. Thy slain are not slain with the sword, nor are they dead in battle. ³ All thy rulers fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off. ⁴ Therefore I said, Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people. ⁵ For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, LORD of hosts, in the valley of vision, a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains. ⁶ And Elam bore the quiver, with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. ⁷ And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate. ⁸ And he took away the covering of Judah, and thou looked in that day to the armor in the house of the forest. ⁹ And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many. And to fortify the wall, ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool, ¹⁰ and ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye broke down the houses. ¹¹ Ye also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But ye did not look to him who had done this, nor had ye respect to him who purposed it long ago.

¹² And in that day the Lord, LORD of hosts, called for weeping, and for mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth. ¹³ And, behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die. ¹⁴ And LORD of hosts revealed himself in my ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till ye die, says the Lord, LORD of hosts.