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The
Valley of Vision |
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| Isaiah 22:1 |
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The oracle concerning the valley of vision.
What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops? |
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| Isaiah 22:2 |
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You who were full of noise, You boisterous town,
you exultant city; Your slain were not slain with the sword, Nor did they die
in battle. |
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| Isaiah 22:3 |
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All your rulers have fled together, And have
been captured without the bow; All of you who were found were taken captive together,
Though they had fled far away. |
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| Isaiah 22:4 |
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Therefore I say, "Turn your eyes away from me,
Let me weep bitterly, Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the
daughter of my people." |
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| Isaiah 22:5 |
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For the Lord GOD of hosts has a day of panic,
subjugation and confusion In the valley of vision, A breaking down of walls And
a crying to the mountain. |
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| Isaiah 22:6 |
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Elam took up the quiver With the chariots, infantry
and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield. |
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| Isaiah 22:7 |
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Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate. |
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| Isaiah 22:8 |
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And He removed the defense of Judah. In that
day you depended on the weapons of the house of the forest, |
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| Isaiah 22:9 |
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And you saw that the breaches In the wall of
the city of David were many; And you collected the waters of the lower pool. |
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| Isaiah 22:10 |
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Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem And
tore down houses to fortify the wall. |
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| Isaiah 22:11 |
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And you made a reservoir between the two walls
For the waters of the old pool. But you did not depend on Him who made it, Nor
did you take into consideration Him who planned it long ago. |
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| Isaiah 22:12 |
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Therefore in that day the Lord GOD of hosts
called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth. |
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| Isaiah 22:13 |
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Instead, there is gaiety and gladness, Killing
of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, Eating of meat and drinking of wine: "Let
us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die." |
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| Isaiah 22:14 |
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But the LORD of hosts revealed Himself to me,
"Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you Until you die," says the Lord
GOD of hosts. |
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| Isaiah 22:15 |
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Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, "Come, go to
this steward, To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household, |
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| Isaiah 22:16 |
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'What right do you have here, And whom do you
have here, That you have hewn a tomb for yourself here, You who hew a tomb on
the height, You who carve a resting place for yourself in the rock? |
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| Isaiah 22:17 |
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'Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you headlong,
O man. And He is about to grasp you firmly |
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| Isaiah 22:18 |
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And roll you tightly like a ball, To be cast
into a vast country; There you will die And there your splendid chariots will
be, You shame of your master's house.' |
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| Isaiah 22:19 |
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"I will depose you from your office, And I will
pull you down from your station. |
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| Isaiah 22:20 |
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"Then it will come about in that day, That I
will summon My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, |
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| Isaiah 22:21 |
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And I will clothe him with your tunic And tie
your sash securely about him. I will entrust him with your authority, And he will
become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. |
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| Isaiah 22:22 |
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"Then I will set the key of the house of David
on his shoulder, When he opens no one will shut, When he shuts no one will open.
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| Isaiah 22:23 |
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"I will drive him like a peg in a firm place,
And he will become a throne of glory to his father's house. |
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| Isaiah 22:24 |
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"So they will hang on him all the glory of his
father's house, offspring and issue, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all
the jars. |
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| Isaiah 22:25 |
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"In that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "the
peg driven in a firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and
the load hanging on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken." |
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