1  The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

1  THE WORD AGAINST DAMASCUS. Behold, Damascus shall be taken away from among cities, and shall become a ruin;

1  THE prophecy concerning the fall of Damascus. Behold, Damascus shall cease to be a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

2  The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

2  abandoned for ever, to be a fold and resting-place for flocks, and there shall be none to go after them.

2  The cities in ruin will be left for the flocks, and they will take rest there, and there will be no one who may terrify them.

3  The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Aram shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith YHWH of hosts.

3  And she shall no longer be a strong place for Ephraim to flee to, and there shall no longer be a kingdom in Damascus, or a remnant of Syrians; for thou art no better than the children of Israel, even than their glory; thus saith the Lord of hosts.

4  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

4  There shall be in that day a failure of the glory of Jacob, and the riches of his glory shall be shaken.

4  And this shall be in that day: the glory of Jacob will be thinned, and the fatness of his flesh will be reduced.

5  And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; yea, it shall be as when one gleaneth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

5  And it shall be as if one should gather standing corn, and reap the grain of the ears; and it shall be as if one should gather ears in a rich valley;

5  And it shall be like the gathering of the harvest which remains, and his arm will pick the ears of grain. And it shall be like a search for grain in the valley of Rephaim.

6  Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as at the beating of an olive-tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the branches of the fruitful tree, saith YHWH, the God of Israel.

6  And what is left behind in it will be like one cluster of grapes, or like a shaken olive tree with two or three olives at the top of a branch, or like four or five olives at the top of a tree, says the Lord God of Israel.

7  In that day shall a man regard his Maker, and his eyes shall look to the Holy One of Israel.

7  In that day a man shall trust in him that made him, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

8  And he shall not regard the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall he look to that which his fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.

8  And they shall not at all trust in their altars, nor in the works of their hands, which their fingers made; and they shall not look to the trees, nor to their abominations.

8  And he will not bow before the altars that his hands have made. And he will not consider the things that his fingers have made, the sacred groves and the shrines.

9  In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken places, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel, after the manner of woods and lofty forests; and it shall be a desolation.

9  In that day thy cities shall be deserted, as the Amorites and the Evaeans deserted theirs, because the of children of Israel; and they shall be desolate.

9  In that day, his strong cities will be abandoned, like the plows and the grain fields which were left behind before the face of the sons of Israel, and you shall be deserted.

10  For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and thou hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy stronghold; therefore thou didst plant plants of pleasantness, and didst set it with slips of a stranger;

10  Because thou hast forsaken God thy Saviour, and hast not been mindful of the Lord thy helper; therefore shalt thou plant a false plant, and a false seed.

10  For you have forgotten God your Savior, and you have not remembered your strong Helper. Because of this, you will plant trustworthy plants, but you will sow a foreign seed.

11  In the day of thy planting thou didst make it to grow, and in the morning thou didst make thy seed to blossom--a heap of boughs in the day of grief and of desperate pain.

11  In the day wherein thou shalt plant thou shalt be deceived; but if thou sow in the morning, the seed shall spring up for a crop in the day wherein thou shalt obtain an inheritance, and as a man’s father, thou shalt obtain an inheritance for thy sons.

12  Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

12  Woe to the multitude of many nations, as the swelling sea, so shall ye be confounded; and the force of many nations shall sound like water;

12  Woe to the armies of many people, which make a noise like the roaring of the seas! And to the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

13  The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters; but He shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

13  He shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off and shall be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like dry grass before the whirlwind.

14  At eventide behold terror; and before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

14  In the time of the evening, behold: there will be a disturbance. When it is early morning, he will not remain. This is the portion of those who have devastated us, and this is the lot of those who have plundered us.

18:1  Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

1  Woe to you, ye wings of the land of ships, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia.

1  Woe to the land, that winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

18:2  That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters! Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and of glossy skin, to a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!

2  He sends messengers by the sea, and paper letters on the water: for swift messengers shall go to a lofty nation, and to a strange and harsh people. Who is beyond it? a nation not looked for, and trodden down.

18:3  All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye; and when the horn is blown, hear ye.

3  Now all the rivers of the land shall be inhabited as an inhabited country; their land shall be as when a signal is raised from a mountain; it shall be audible as the sound of a trumpet.

3  All inhabitants of the world, you who dwell upon the earth: when the sign will have been elevated on the mountains, you will see, and you will hear the blast of the trumpet.

18:4  For thus hath YHWH said unto me: I will hold Me still, and I will look on in My dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

4  For thus said the Lord to me, There shall be security in my city, as the light of noonday heat, and it shall be as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest.

4  For the Lord says this to me: I will be quiet, and I will consider in my place, as the light at midday is clear, and as a cloud of dew in the day of the harvest.

18:5  For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the shoots will He take away and lop off.

5  Before the reaping time, when the flower has been completely formed, and the unripe grape has put forth its flower and blossomed, then shall he take away the little clusters with pruning-hooks, and shall take away the small branches, and cut them off;

5  For before the harvest, all was flourishing. And it will spring forth with an untimely completion, and its little branches will be pruned with a curved blade. And what is left over will be cut away and shaken off.

18:6  They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

6  And he shall leave them together to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth: and the fowls of the sky shall be gathered upon them, and all the beasts of the land shall come upon him.

6  And together they will be abandoned to the birds of the mountains and to the wild beasts of the earth. And the birds will be continuously on them in the summer, and all the wild beasts of the earth will winter over them.

18:7  In that time shall a present be brought unto YHWH of hosts of a people tall and of glossy skin, and from a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of the YHWH of hosts, the mount Zion.

7  In that time, a gift will be carried to the Lord of hosts, from a people divided and torn apart, from a terrible people, after whom there has been no other, from an apprehensive nation, apprehensive and downtrodden, whose land the rivers have ruined, and it will be carried to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, to mount Zion.

7  At that time presents shall be brought to the LORD of hosts from a people plundered and uprooted, whose strength was within him hitherto; from a people dishonored and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, even to mount Zion.

19:1  The burden of Egypt. Behold, YHWH rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt; and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at His presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt within it.

1  THE VISION OF EGYPT. Behold, the Lord sits on a swift cloud, and shall come to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and their heart shall faint within them.

1  THE prophecy concerning the fall of Egypt. Behold, the LORD is riding upon swift clouds, and comes into Egypt; and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of the Egyptians shall melt in the midst of it.

19:2  And I will spur Egypt against Egypt; and they shall fight every one against his brother, and everyone against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

2  And the Egyptians shall be stirred up against the Egyptians: and a man shall fight against his brother, and a man against his neighbor, city against city, and law against law.

2  And I will cause Egyptian to rush against Egyptian. And they will fight: a man against his brother, and a man against his friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

19:3  And the spirit of Egypt shall be made empty within it; and I will make void the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the whisperers, and to the ghosts, and to the familiar spirits.

3  And the spirit of the Egyptians shall be troubled within them; and I will frustrate their counsel: and they shall enquire of their gods and their images, and them that speak out of the earth, and them that have in them a divining spirit.

19:4  And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith YHWH, YHWH of hosts.

4  And I will deliver Egypt into the hand of cruel masters, and a strong king will dominate them, says the Lord, the God of hosts.

19:5  And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be drained dry,

5  And the Egyptians shall drink the water that is by the sea, but the river shall fail, and be dried up.

19:6  And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither.

6  And the streams shall fail, and the canals of the river; and every reservoir of water shall be dried up, in every marsh also of reed and papyrus.

19:7  The mosses by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all that is sown by the Nile, shall become dry, be driven away, and be no more.

7  And all the green herbage round about the river, and everything sown by the side of the river, shall be blasted with the wind and dried up.

7  The channel of the river will be stripped down to its source, and everything irrigated by it will dry up and wither and be no more.

19:8  The fishers also shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

8  And the fishermen shall groan, and all that cast a hook into the river shall groan; they also that cast nets, and the anglers shall mourn.

8  And the fishermen will grieve. And all who cast a hook into the river will mourn. And those who cast a net upon the surface of its waters will languish.

19:9  Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.

9  And shame shall come upon them that work fine flax, and them that make fine linen.

9  Those who work with linen, combing and weaving fine textiles, will be confounded.

19:10  And her foundations shall be crushed, all they that make dams shall be grieved in soul.

10  And they that work at them shall be in pain, and all that make beer shall be grieved, and be pained in their souls.

10  And its irrigated places will begin to fail, with all those who make pools to take fish.

19:11  The princes of Zoan are utter fools; the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh are a senseless counsel; how can ye say unto Pharaoh: 'I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings'?

19:12  Where are they, then, thy wise men? And let them tell thee now; and let them know what YHWH of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.

12  Where are now thy wise men? and let them declare to thee, and say, What has the Lord of hosts purposed upon Egypt?

12  Where are your wisemen now? Let them announce it to you, and let them reveal what the Lord of hosts intends for Egypt.

19:13  The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.

13  The princes of Tanis have failed, and the princes of Memphis are lifted up with pride, and they shall cause Egypt to wander by tribes.

13  The leaders of Tanis have become foolish. The leaders of Memphis have decayed. They have deceived Egypt, the corner of its people.

19:14  YHWH hath mingled within her a spirit of dizziness; and they have caused Egypt to stagger in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

14  For the Lord has prepared for them a spirit of error, and they have caused Egypt to err in all their works, as one staggers who is drunken and vomits also.

14  The Lord has mixed a spirit of giddiness into its midst. And they have caused Egypt to err in all its works, like a drunken man who staggers and vomits.

19:15  Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.

15  And there shall be no work to the Egyptians, which shall make head or tail, or beginning or end.

15  And there will be no work for Egypt that would produce a head or a tail, one who bows down or one who refrains from bowing down.

19:16  In that day shall Egypt be like unto women; and it shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of YHWH of hosts, which He shaketh over it.

19:17  And the land of Judah shall become a terror unto Egypt, whensoever one maketh mention thereof to it; it shall be afraid, because of the purpose of YHWH of hosts, which He purposeth against it.

19:18  In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to YHWH of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.

19:19  In that day shall there be an altar to YHWH in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the YHWH.

19  In that day, there will be an altar of the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt and a monument of the Lord beside its borders.

19:20  And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto YHWH of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto the YHWH because of the oppressors, and He will send them a saviour, and a defender, who will deliver them.

20  This shall be a sign and a testimony to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. For they will cry out to the Lord before the face of the tribulation, and he will send them a savior and a defender who will free them.

19:21  And YHWH shall make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the YHWH in that day; yea, they shall worship with sacrifice and offering, and shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and shall perform it.

21  And the Lord shall be known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day; and they shall offer sacrifices, and shall vow vows to the Lord, and pay them.

21  And the Lord will be acknowledged by Egypt, and the Egyptians will recognize the Lord in that day, and they will worship him with sacrifices and gifts. And they will make vows to the Lord, and they will fulfill them.

19:22  And YHWH will smite Egypt, smiting and healing; and they shall return unto the YHWH, and He will be entreated of them, and will heal them.

22  And the Lord shall smite the Egyptians with a stroke, and shall completely heal them: and they shall return to the Lord, and he shall hear them, and thoroughly heal them.

22  And the Lord will strike Egypt with a scourge, and he will heal them. And they will return to the Lord. And he will be placated toward them, and he will heal them.

19:23  In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians shall worship with the Assyrians.

19:24  In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;

19:25  for that YHWH of hosts hath blessed him, saying: 'Blessed be Egypt My people and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel Mine inheritance.'

25  saying, Blessed be my people that is in Egypt, and that is among the Assyrians, and Israel mine inheritance.

25  which the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying: Blessed be my people of Egypt, and the work of my hands for the Assyrian, but Israel is my inheritance.

20:1  In the year that Tartan came into Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;

1  In the year when Tanathan came to Azotus, when he was sent by Arna king of the Assyrians, and warred against Azotus, and took it;

1  In the year in which Tharthan entered into Ashdod, when Sargon, the king of the Assyrians, had sent him, and when he had fought against Ashdod and had captured it,

20:2  at that time YHWH spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying: 'Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot.' And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

2  then the Lord spoke to Esaias the son of Amos, saying, Go and take the sackcloth off thy loins, and loose thy sandals from off thy feet, and do thus, going naked and barefoot.

2  in that same time, the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying: “Go forth, and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take your shoes from your feet.” And he did so, going out naked and barefoot.

20:3  And YHWH said: 'Like as My servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot to be for three years a sign and a wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia,

3  And the Lord said, As my servant Esaias has walked naked and barefoot three years, there shall be three years for signs and wonders to the Egyptians and Ethiopians;

20:4  so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

4  for thus shall the king of the Assyrians lead the captivity of Egypt and the Ethiopians, young men and old, naked and barefoot, having the shame of Egypt exposed.

4  so also will the king of the Assyrians force the captivity of Egypt, and the transmigration of Ethiopia: young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

20:5  And they shall be dismayed and ashamed, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

5  And the Egyptians being defeated shall be ashamed of the Ethiopians, in whom they had trusted; for they were their glory.

5  And they will be afraid and confounded over Ethiopia, their hope, and Egypt, their glory.

20:6  And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day: Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?'

6  And they that dwell in this island shall say in that day, Behold, we trusted to flee to them for help, who could not save themselves from the king of the Assyrians: and how shall we be saved?

6  And in that day, the inhabitants of a certain island will say: “Behold, this was our hope, we fled to them for help, to free us from the face of the king of the Assyrians. And now, how will we be able to escape?”

21:1  The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweeping on, it cometh from the wilderness, from a dreadful land.

21:2  A grievous vision is declared unto me: 'The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam! besiege, O Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.'

2  so a fearful and a grievous vision was declared to me: he that is treacherous deals treacherously, the transgressor transgresses. The Elamites are upon me, and the ambassadors of the Persians come against me: now will I groan and comfort myself.

2  A difficult vision has been announced to me: he who is unbelieving, he acts unfaithfully, and he who is a plunderer, he devastates. Ascend, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I have caused all its mourning to cease.

21:3  Therefore are my loins filled with convulsion; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bent so that I cannot hear; I am affrighted so that I cannot see.

3  Because of this, my lower back has been filled with pain, and anguish has possessed me, like the anguish of a woman in labor. I fell down when I heard it. I was disturbed when I saw it.

21:4  My heart is bewildered, terror hath overwhelmed me; the twilight that I longed for hath been turned for me into trembling.

4  My heart wanders, and transgression overwhelms me; my soul is occupied with fear.

4  My heart failed, pangs made me quake; the beauty of my pleasures has been turned into terror to me.

21:5  They prepare the table, they light the lamps, they eat, they drink--'Rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.'

5  Prepare the table, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and prepare your shields.

5  Prepare the table. Contemplate, from a place of observation, those who eat and drink. Rise up, you leaders! Take up the shield!

21:6  For thus hath YHWH said unto me: Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth!

6  For thus said the Lord to me, Go and station a watchman for thyself, and declare whatever thou shalt see.

6  For the Lord has said this to me: “Go and station a watchman. And let him announce whatever he will see.”

21:7  And when he seeth a troop, horsemen by pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.

7  And I saw two mounted horsemen, and a rider on an ass, and a rider on a camel.

7  And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, and a rider on an donkey, and a rider on a camel. And he considered them diligently, with an intense gaze.

21:8  And he cried as a lion: 'Upon the watch-tower, O Lord, I stand continually in the daytime, and I am set in my ward all the nights.'

21:9  And, behold, there came a troop of men, horsemen by pairs. And he spoke and said: 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.'

9  and, behold, he comes riding in a chariot and pair: and he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all her images and her idols have been crushed to the ground.

9  Behold, a certain man approaches, a man riding on a two-horse chariot.” And he responded, and he said: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! And all its graven gods have been crushed into the earth!

21:10  O thou my threshing, and the winnowing of my floor, that which I have heard from YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

10  Hear, ye that are left, and ye that are in pain, hear what things I have heard of the Lord of hosts which the God of Israel has declared to us.

21:11  The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir: 'Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?'

11  THE VISION OF IDUMEA. Call to me out of Seir; guard ye the bulwarks.

21:12  The watchman said: 'The morning cometh, and also the night--if ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, come.'

12  I watch in the morning and the night: if thou wouldest enquire, enquire, and dwell by me.

21:13  The burden upon Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.

13  Thou mayest lodge in the forest in the evening, or in the way of Daedan.

13  The prophecy concerning Arabia. In the evening you shall lodge in the forest, in the highway of Dornim.

21:14  Unto him that is thirsty bring ye water! The inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitive with his bread.

14  Ye that dwell in the country of Thaeman, bring water to meet him that is thirsty;

21:15  For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

15  meet the fugitives with bread, because of the multitude of the slain, and because of the multitude of them that lose their way, and because of the multitude of swords, and because of the multitude of bent bows, and because of the multitude of them that have fallen in war.

15  For they are fleeing before the face of swords, before the face of a sword hanging over them, before the face of a bent bow, before the face of a grievous battle.

21:16  For thus hath YHWH said unto me: 'Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

16  For thus said the Lord to me, Yet a year, as the year of an hireling, and the glory of the sons of Kedar shall fail

16  For the Lord said this to me: “After one more year, just like one year for a hired hand, all the glory of Kedar will be taken away.

21:17  and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished; for YHWH, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.'

17  and the remnant of the strong bows of the sons of Kedar shall be small: for the Lord God of Israel has spoken it.

17  And the remainder of the multitude of strong archers from the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”

22:1  The burden concerning the Valley of Vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops,

1  THE WORD OF THE VALLEY OF SION. What has happened to thee, that now ye are all gone up to the housetops which help you not?

1  The burden of the valley of vision. What does it mean to you, then, that each of you have even climbed to the rooftops?

22:2  Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town? Thy slain are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

2  The city is filled with shouting men: thy slain are not slain with swords, nor are thy dead those who have died in battle.

2  Filled with clamor, a busy city, an exultant city: your dead have not been slain by the sword, nor did they die in battle.

22:3  All thy rulers are fled together, without the bow they are bound; all that are found of thee are bound together, they are fled afar off.

3  All thy princes have fled, and thy captives are tightly bound, and the mighty men in thee have fled far away.

3  All your leaders have fled together, and they have been bound by hardship. All who were found were chained together. They have fled far away.

22:4  Therefore said I: 'Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; strain not to comfort me, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.'

4  Therefore I said, Let me alone, I will weep bitterly; labour not to comfort me for the breach of the daughter of my people.

4  For this reason, I said: “Depart from me. I will weep bitterly. Make no attempt to console me, over the devastation of the daughter of my people.”

22:5  For it is a day of trouble, and of trampling, and of perplexity, from YHWH, the GOD of hosts, in the Valley of Vision; Kir shouting, and Shoa at the mount.

5  For it is a day of trouble, and of destruction, and of treading down, and there is perplexity sent from the Lord of hosts: they wander in the valley of Sion; they wander from the least to the greatest on the mountains.

22:6  And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.

6  And the Elamites took their quivers, and there were men mounted on horses, and there was a gathering for battle.

6  And Elam took up the quiver and the chariot of the horseman; and he stripped the wall of the shield.

22:7  And it came to pass, when thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate,

7  And it shall be that thy choice valleys shall be filled with chariots, and horsemen shall block up thy gates.

7  And your elect valleys will be filled with chariots, and the horsemen will position themselves at the gates.

22:8  And the covering of Judah was laid bare, that thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest.

8  And they shall uncover the gates of Juda, and they shall look in that day on the choice houses of the city.

8  And the defenses of Judah shall be laid bare, and you shall see on that day the armour of the house of the forest.

22:9  And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

9  And they shall uncover the secret places of the houses of the citadel of David: and they saw that they were many, and that one had turned the water of the old pool into the city;

22:10  And ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye broke down the houses to fortify the wall;

10  and that they had pulled down the houses of Jerusalem, to fortify the wall of the city.

10  And you have numbered the houses of Jerusalem. And you have destroyed the houses in order to fortify the wall.

22:11  ye made also a basin between the two walls for the water of the old pool--but ye looked not unto Him that had done this, neither had ye respect unto Him that fashioned it long ago.

11  And ye procured to yourselves water between the two walls within the ancient pool: but ye looked not to him that made it from the beginning, and regarded not him that created it.

11  And you have made a pit between two walls for the waters of the ancient fish-pool. But you have not gazed upward to him who made it, and you have not considered, even from a distance, its Maker.

22:12  And in that day did YHWH, the GOD of hosts, call to weeping, and to lamentation, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;

12  And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and lamentation, and baldness, and for girding with sackcloth

22:13  And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine--'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die!'

13  but they engaged in joy and gladness, slaying calves, and killing sheep, so as to eat flesh, and drink wine; saying, Let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.

13  But behold: gladness and rejoicing, the killing of calves and the slaughter of rams, the eating of meat and the drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”

22:14  And YHWH of hosts revealed Himself in mine ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be expiated by you till ye die, saith YHWH, the GOD of hosts.

14  And these things are revealed in the ears of the Lord of hosts: for this sin shall not be forgiven you, until ye die.

14  And it was revealed in my ears by the LORD of hosts, saying, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till you die, says the LORD God of hosts.

22:15  Thus saith YHWH, the GOD of hosts: Go, get thee unto this steward, even unto Shebna, who is over the house

15  Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts: Go forth and enter to him who lives in the tabernacle, to Shebna, who is in charge of the temple, and you shall say to him

22:16  What hast thou here, and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre, thou that hewest thee out a sepulchre on high, and gravest a habitation for thyself in the rock?

16  “What are you here, or who are you claiming to be here? For you have hewn a sepulcher for yourself here. You have diligently hewn a memorial in a rock, as a tabernacle to yourself.

22:17  Behold, YHWH will hurl thee up and down with a man's throw; yea, He will wind thee round and round;

17  Behold now, the Lord of hosts casts forth and will utterly destroy such a man, and will take away thy robe and thy glorious crown,

17  Behold, O man, the LORD will surely cast you away, and will surely forsake you.

22:18  He will violently roll and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of the lord's house.

18  He will crown you with a crown of tribulation. He will toss you like a ball into a broad and spacious land. There you will die, and there the chariot of your glory will be, for it is a shame to the house of your Lord.”

18  And he shall afflict you like the affliction of a company of soldiers besieged in a fortress from which there is no escape; there shall you die, and there the chariots of your glory shall be the shame of your master's house.

22:19  And I will thrust thee from thy post, and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.

19  And thou shalt be removed from thy stewardship, and from thy place.

19  And I will expel you from your station, and I will depose you from your ministry.

22:20  And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;

20  And this shall be in that day: I will call my servant Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah.

22:21  And I will clothe him with thy robe, and bind him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

21  and I will put on him thy robe, and I will grant him thy crown with power, and I will give thy stewardship into his hands: and he shall be as a father to them that dwell in Jerusalem, and to them that dwell in Juda.

22:22  And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

22  And I will give him the glory of David; and he shall rule, and there shall be none to speak against him: and I will give him the key of the house of David upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and there shall be none to shut; and he shall shut, and there shall be none to open.

22  And I will place the key of the house of David upon his shoulder. And when he opens, no one will close. And when he closes, no one will open.

22:23  And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of honour 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.

24  And every one that is glorious in the house of his father shall trust in him, from the least to the greatest; and they shall depend upon him in that day.

24  And they will suspend over him all the glory of his father’s house: various kinds of vessels and every little article, from the vessels of bowls even to every instrument of music.

22:25  In that day, saith YHWH of hosts, shall the peg that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall, and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for the YHWH hath spoken it.

25  Thus saith the Lord of hosts, The man that is fastened in the sure place shall be removed and be taken away, and shall fall; and the glory that is upon him shall be utterly destroyed: for the Lord has spoken it.

25  In that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg which was fastened in a trustworthy place shall be taken away. And he will be broken, and he will fall, and he will perish, along with all that had depended upon him, because the Lord has spoken it.

23:1  The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in; from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.

1  THE WORD CONCERNING TYRE. Howl, ye ships of Carthage; for she has perished, and men no longer arrive from the land of the Citians: she is led captive.

1  THE prophecy concerning the fall of Tyre. Howl, O ships of Tarshish! for he who brings merchandise is plundered; from the land of China the news has been revealed to us.

23:2  Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast-land; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

2  To whom are the dwellers in the island become like, the merchants of Phoenice, passing over the sea

2  Be silent, you inhabitants of the island! The merchants of Sidon, crossing over the sea, have filled you.

23:3  And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.

23:4  Be thou ashamed, O Zidon; for the sea hath spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying: 'I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I reared young men, nor brought up virgins.'

4  Be ashamed, O Sidon! For the sea speaks, the strength of the sea, saying: “I have not been in labor, and I have not given birth, and I have not raised young men, nor have I promoted the development of virgins.”

23:5  When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

5  Moreover when it shall be heard in Egypt, sorrow shall seize them for Tyre.

5  When it has been heard in Egypt, they will be in anguish, when they hear of Tyre.

23:6  Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast-land.

6  Depart ye to Carthage; howl, ye that dwell in this island.

6  Cross over the seas. Wail, you inhabitants of the island!

23:7  Is this your joyous city, whose feet in antiquity, in ancient days, carried her afar off to sojourn?

7  Was not this your pride from the beginning, before she was given up?

7  Is this not your place, which from its earliest days has gloried in its antiquity? Her feet will lead her to a sojourn far away.

23:8  Who hath devised this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

8  Who has devised this counsel against Tyre? Is she inferior? or has she no strength? her merchants were the glorious princes of the earth.

8  Who has made this plan against Tyre, which formerly was crowned, whose merchants were leaders, whose traders were illustrious on the earth?

23:9  YHWH of hosts hath devised it, to pollute the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

9  The Lord of hosts has purposed to bring down all the pride of the glorious ones, and to disgrace every glorious thing on the earth.

23:10  Overflow thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish! there is no girdle any more.

10  Till thy land; for ships no more come out of Carthage.

10  Cross through your land, as through a river, O daughter of the sea. You no longer have a belt.

23:11  He hath stretched out His hand over the sea, He hath shaken the kingdoms; YHWH hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof;

11  And thy hand prevails no more by sea, which troubled kings: the Lord of hosts has given a command concerning Chanaan, to destroy the strength thereof.

11  He has extended his hand over the sea. He has stirred up kingdoms. The Lord has given an order against Canaan, so that he may crush its strong.

23:12  And He said: 'Thou shalt no more rejoice.' O thou oppressed virgin daughter of Zidon, arise, pass over to Kittim; even there shalt thou have no rest.

12  And men shall say, Ye shall no longer at all continue to insult and injure the daughter of Sidon: and if thou depart to the Citians, neither there shalt thou have rest.

12  And he said: “You shall no longer increase so as to glory, while enduring calumny, O virgin daughter of Sidon. Rise up and set sail for Kittim; in that place, too, there will be no rest for you.”

23:13  Behold, the land of the Chaldeans--this is the people that was not, when Asshur founded it for shipmen--they set up their towers, they overthrew the palaces thereof; it is made a ruin.

13  And if thou depart to the land of the Chaldeans, this also is laid waste by the Assyrians, for her wall is fallen.

13  Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this is the people, and not the Assyrians, who destroyed it; they appointed spies who spied on her palaces, and they brought it to ruin.

23:14  Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.

14  Wail, you ships of the sea! For your strength has been devastated.

23:15  And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king; after the end of seventy years it shall fare with Tyre as in the song of the harlot

15  And this shall be in that day: you, O Tyre, will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of one king. Then, after seventy years, there will be, for Tyre, something like the canticle of a harlot.

23:16  Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot long forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

16  Take up a stringed instrument. Circulate through the city, you harlot who had been forgotten. Sing many canticles well, so that you may be remembered.

23:17  And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that YHWH will remember Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall have commerce with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

17  And this shall be after seventy years: the Lord will visit Tyre, and he will lead her back to her profits. And she will fornicate again with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

23:18  And her gain and her hire shall be holiness to YHWH; it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her gain shall be for them that dwell before the YHWH, to eat their fill, and for stately clothing.

18  And her trade and her gain shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be gathered for them, but for those that dwell before the Lord, even all her trade, to eat and drink and be filled, and for a covenant and a memorial before the Lord.

18  And her businesses and her profits will be sanctified to the Lord. They will not be locked away and they will not be stored. For her business will be for those who will live in the presence of the Lord, so that they may eat until satisfied, and may be well-clothed even into old age.