Isaiah 22:1-14 - Oracle Against Jerusalem

¹ The oracle on the valley of vision, - What aileth thee, then, That thou art wholly gone up to the house-tops? ² With tumults, art thou filled, thou citadel in commotion! city exultant! Thy slain, are Not the slain, of the sword, Nor the dead in battle. ³ All thy ruler, having fled, together, by the bow, are taken captive: All found in thee have been taken captive, together, Far away, have they fled. ⁴ For this cause, I said - Look away from me, Bitterly, will I weep, - Do not press to comfort me, ⁵ For the ruin of the daughter of my people. For a day of confusion and downtreading and perplexity, pertaineth to My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, in the valley of vision, an undermining of walls, and a crying for help to the mountain. ⁶ Yea, Elam, beareth the quiver, With trams of men, and horsemen, - And, Kir, hath uncovered the shield. ⁷ And it hath come to pass that the choice of thy vales, are full of chariots; Yea, the horsemen, have set themselves, in array, at the gate. ⁸ Then removed he the veil of Judah, - Yea thou didst peer on that day, into the armoury of the forest-house; ⁹ And the breaches in the city of David, ye beheld for they were many, - So ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool; ¹⁰ And the houses of Jerusalem, ye counted, - And brake down the houses, to fortify the wall; ¹¹ And a reservoir, ye made between the two walls, for the waters of the ancient pool, - And had no regard unto him that made it, Nor unto him that formed it long ago, had ye respect.

¹² And, when My Lord Yahweh of hosts called in that day, - for weeping, and for lamentation, and for shaving bare and for girding with sackcloth, ¹³ Then lo! joy and rejoicing, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, - Let us eat and drink, For to-morrow, we may die! ¹⁴ Therefore did Yahweh reveal himself in mine ears. Surely there shall be no propitiatory-covering put over this iniquity for you until ye die, Saith My Lord Yahweh of hosts.