Isaiah 22

massa ge khizzayon mah-llakh efo ki-alit kullakh laggaggot

The “Valley of Vision” Pronouncement. What can have happened to you That you have gone, all of you, up on the roofs,

teshu'ot mele'ah ir homiyyah qiryah allizah khalalayikh lo khalle-kherev velo mete milkhamah

O you who were full of tumult, You clamorous town, You city so exultant? Your slain are not the slain of the sword Nor the dead of battle.

kol-qetsinayikh nadedu-yakhad miqqeshet ussaru kol-nimtsa'ayikh usseru yakhdav merakhoq barakhu

Your officers have all departed, They fled far away; Your survivors were all taken captive, Taken captive without their bows.

al-ken amarti she'u minni amarer babbekhi al-ta'itsu lenakhameni al-shod bat-ammi

That is why I say, “Let me be, I will weep bitterly. Press not to comfort me For the ruin of my poor people.”

ki yom mehumah umevusah umevukhah ladonay Adonai tseva'ot bege khizzayon meqarqar qir veshoa el-hahar

For my Sovereign GOD of Hosts had a day Of tumult and din and confusion— Kir raged in the Valley of Vision, And Shoa on the hill;

ve'elam nasa ashpah berekhev adam parashim veqir erah magen

While Elam bore the quiver In troops of mounted men, And Kir bared the shield—

vayehi mivkhar-amaqayikh male'u rakhev vehapparashim shot shatu hasha'erah

And your choicest lowlands Were filled with chariots and riders: They stormed at Judah’s gateway

vayegal et masakh yehudah vattabbet bayyom hahu el-nesheq bet hayya'ar

And pressed beyond its screen. You gave thought on that day To the arms in the Forest House,

ve'et beqi'e ir-david re'item ki-rabbu vatteqabbetsu et-me habberekhah hattakhtonah

And you took note of the many breaches In the City of David. And you collected the water of the Lower Pool;

ve'et-batte yerushalai͏m sefartem vattittsu habbattim levatser hakhomah

and you counted the houses of Jerusalem and pulled houses down to fortify the wall;

umiqvah asitem ben hakhomotayim leme habberekhah hayeshanah velo hibbattem el-oseha veyotserah merakhoq lo re'item

and you constructed a basin between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you gave no thought to the One who planned it, You took no note of the One who designed it long before.

vayyiqra adonay Elohim tseva'ot bayyom hahu livkhi ulemisped uleqorkhah velakhagor saq

My Sovereign GOD of Hosts summoned on that day To weeping and lamenting, To tonsuring and girding with sackcloth.

vehinneh sason vesimkhah harog baqar veshakhot tson akhol basar veshatot yayin akhol veshato ki makhar namut

Instead, there was rejoicing and merriment, Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, Eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

veniglah ve'oznay Adonai tseva'ot im-yekhuppar he'avon hazzeh lakhem ad-temutun amar adonay Elohim tseva'ot

Then GOD of Hosts was revealed to my ears: “This iniquity shall never be forgiven you Until you die,” said my Sovereign GOD of Hosts.

koh amar adonay Elohim tseva'ot lekh-bo el-hassokhen hazzeh al-shevna asher al-habbayit

Thus said my Sovereign GOD of Hosts: Go in to see that steward, that Shebna, in charge of the palace:

mah-llekha foh umi lekha foh ki-khatsavta lekha poh qaver khotsevi marom qivro khoqeqi vassela mishkan lo

What have you here, and whom have you here, That you have hewn out a tomb for yourself here?— O you who have hewn your tomb on high; O you who have hollowed out for yourself an abode in the cliff!

hinneh Adonai metaltelkha taltelah gaver ve'otekha atoh

GOD is about to shake you Severely, fellow, and then wear you like a wrap.

tsanof yitsnofkha tsenefah kaddur el-erets rakhavat yadayim shammah tamut veshammah markevot kevodekha qelon bet adonekha

Indeed, [God] will wind you about as a headdress, a turban. Off to a broad land! There shall you die, and there shall be the chariots bearing your body, O shame of your master’s house!

vahadaftikha mimmatsavekha umimma'amadekha yehersekha

For I will hurl you from your station And you shall be torn down from your stand.

vehayah bayyom hahu veqarati le'avdi le'elyaqim ben-khilqiyyahu

And in that day, I will summon My servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah,

vehilbashtiv kuttontekha ve'avnetekha akhazzeqennu umemshaltekha etten beyado vehayah le'av leyoshev yerushalai͏m ulevet yehudah

and I will invest him with your tunic, gird him with your sash, and deliver your authority into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the house of Judah.

venatatti mafteakh bet-david al-shikhmo ufatakh ve'en soger vesagar ve'en poteakh

I will place the keys of David’s palace on his shoulders; and what he unlocks none may shut, and what he locks none may open.

uteqativ yated bemaqom ne'eman vehayah lekhisse khavod levet aviv

He shall be a seat of honor to his father’s household. I will fix him as a peg in a firm place,

vetalu alayw kol kevod bet-aviv hatse'etsa'im vehatsefi'ot kol kele haqqatan mikkele ha'agganot ve'ad kol-kele hannevalim

on which all the substance of his father’s household shall be hung: the sprouts and the leaves—all the small vessels, from bowls to all sorts of jars.

bayyom hahu ne'um Adonai tseva'ot tamush hayyated hattequ'ah bemaqom ne'eman venigde'ah venafelah venikhrat hammassa asher-aleha ki Adonai dibber

In that day—declares GOD of Hosts—the peg fixed in a firm place shall give way: it shall be cut down and shall fall, and the weight it supports shall be destroyed. For it is GOD who has spoken.