Isaiah Chapter 22

The valley of vision

22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What is wrong with you people, Why you have all gone up to the housetops?
22:2 You who are full of shouting, an up roaring city, joyous city: your dead [men] haven’t died by the sword, or died in battle.
22:3 All your rulers have escaped together, they are imprisoned by the archers: all that are found of you are tied together, that have escaped from far.
22:4 So I said, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, don’t try to comfort me, because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.
22:5 Because [it is] a day of destruction, and of treading down, and of confusion by Adonaiהָאָדוֹן
the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here
YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying from the mountains.
22:6 And Elam (meaning eternity) carries the quiver with chariots of men and cavalry, and Kir uncovered the shield.
22:7 And it shall so happen, that your best valleys shall be full of chariots, and the cavalry shall station themselves toward the gate.
22:8 And he discovered the cover of Judahיְהוּדָה
Modern: Yəhūda, Tiberian: Yŭhūḏā), literally “thanksgiving” or “praise,” is the noun form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), “to thank” or “to praise. The fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah. Also referring to the tribe of Judah or The Kingdom of Judah later referred to as Judea For more info click here
, and you did look in that day to the armor of the house of the forest.
22:9 Y’all have seen also the fissures of the city of David(/ˈdeɪvɪd/; Biblical Hebrew: דָּוִד‎, romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”)Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE., that they are many: and y’all gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
22:10 And y’all have counted the houses of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַם
Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here
, and the houses have y’all broken down to fortify the wall.
22:11 Y’all made also a reservoir between the two walls for the water from the old pool: but y’all haven’t looked into the maker of it, neither had respect for him who formed it long ago.
22:12 And on that day did Adonaiהָאָדוֹן
the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here
YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth:
22:13 And see joy and gladness, killing oxen, and killing sheep, eating meat, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.
22:14 And it was revealed in my ears by YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till y’all die, says Adonaiהָאָדוֹן
the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here
YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
of hosts.

Shebna’s loss


22:15 So says Adonaiהָאָדוֹן
the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here
YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
of hosts, Go, get you to this treasurer, to Shebna (meaning vigor), who [is] over the house, and say,
22:16 What have you here? and whom have you here, that you have cut out a sepulcher ˈsepəlkər (British sepulchre)
noun – a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried. — verb [with object] literary lay or bury in or as if in a sepulcher: tomes are soon out of print and sepulchered in the dust of libraries. – serve as a burial place for – Middle English: via Old French from Latin sepulcrum ‘burial place’, from sepelire ‘bury’.
here, like he that cuts him out a sepulcher ˈsepəlkər (British sepulchre)
noun – a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried. — verb [with object] literary lay or bury in or as if in a sepulcher: tombes are soon out of print and sepulchered in the dust of libraries. – serve as a burial place for – Middle English: via Old French from Latin sepulcrum ‘burial place’, from sepelire ‘bury’.
on high, [and] that carves an dwelling placeמִשְׁכָּן
Transliteration: miškān dwelling place, tent, shelter, tabernacle, booth For more info click here
for himself in a rock?
22:17 See, YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
will carry you away in a mighty captivity, and will surely cover you.
22:18 He will surely violently wind up and toss you like a ball into a large country: you shall die there, and there the chariots of your glory shall be the shame of your lord’s house.
22:19 And I will remove you from your office, and from your position shall he pull you down.

Eliakim as a substitute


22:20 And it shall so happen on that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim (meaning God raises or God sets up) the son of Hilkiah:
22:21 And I will clothe him with your coat, and strengthen him with your belt, and I will give your administration into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַם
Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here
, and to the house of Judahיְהוּדָה
Modern: Yəhūda, Tiberian: Yŭhūḏā), literally “thanksgiving” or “praise,” is the noun form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), “to thank” or “to praise. The fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah. Also referring to the tribe of Judah or The Kingdom of Judah later referred to as Judea For more info click here
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22:22 And I will give the key of the house of David (/ˈdeɪvɪd/; Biblical Hebrew: דָּוִד‎, romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”)Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. will I lay on his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
22:23 And I will fasten him like a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.
22:24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons(/ˈflæɡən/) is a large leather, metal, glass, plastic or ceramic vessel, used for drink. A flagon is typically of about 2 imperial pints (1.1 L) in volume, and it has either a handle (when strictly it is a jug), or (more usually) one or two rings at the neck. Sometimes the neck has a large flange at the top rather than rings. The neck itself may or may not be formed into one, two or three spouts. The name comes from the same origin as the word “flasks”.
22:25 On that day, says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was on it shall be cut off: because YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has said it.

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