Isaiah 22:1-14 - Oracle Against Jerusalem
1 An oracle
Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?
is filled with revelry.
Your dead did not die by the sword;
they were not killed in battle.
captured without a bow.
All your fugitives were captured together;
they had fled far away.
“Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly!
Do not try to comfort me
about the destruction of my dear
had a day of tumult, trampling, and confusion
in the Valley of Vision—
people shouting
with chariots and horsemen,
and Kir
and horsemen were positioned at the gates.
On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
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called for weeping,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine—
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
“This sin of yours will never
The Lord God of Hosts has spoken.