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22 Ang hula tungkol sa libis ng pangitain. Anong ipinakikialam mo ngayon na ikaw ay lubos na sumampa sa mga bubungan?

Oh ikaw na puspos ng mga hiyawan, magulong bayan, masayang bayan; ang iyong mga patay ay hindi nangapatay ng tabak, o nangamatay man sila sa pakikipagbaka.

Lahat mong pinuno ay nagsitakas na magkakasama, nangatalian ng mga mangbubusog: lahat na nangasumpungan sa iyo ay nangataliang magkakasama, nagsitakas na malayo.

Kaya't sinabi ko, Bayaan ninyo ako, ako'y iiyak na may kapanglawan; huwag ninyong sikaping aliwin ako, ng dahil sa pagkasamsam sa anak na babae ng aking bayan.

Sapagka't araw na pagkatulig at ng pagyurak, at ng pagkalito, mula sa Panginoon, mula sa Panginoon ng mga hukbo, sa libis ng pangitain; pagkabagsak ng mga kuta at paghiyaw sa mga bundok.

At ang Elam ay may dalang lalagyan ng pana, may mga karo ng mga tao at mga mangangabayo; at ang Kir ay Bunot ang kalasag.

At nangyari, na ang iyong pinakapiling libis ay puno ng mga karo, at ang mga mangangabayo ay nagsisihanay sa pintuang-bayan.

At kaniyang inalis ang takip ng Juda; at ikaw ay tumitig ng araw na yaon sa sakbat sa bahay na kahoy sa gubat.

At inyong nakita ang mga sira ng bayan ni David, na napakarami: at inyong pinisan ang tubig ng mababang tangke.

10 At inyong binilang ang mga bahay ng Jerusalem, at inyong iginiba ang mga bahay upang patibayin ang kuta.

11 Kayo'y nagsigawa naman ng tipunang tubig sa pagitan ng dalawang kuta para sa tubig ng dating tangke. Nguni't hindi ninyo tiningnan siyang gumawa nito, o nagpakundangan man kayo sa kaniya na naganyo nito na malaon na.

12 At nang araw na yao'y tumawag ang Panginoon, ang Panginoon ng mga hukbo, sa pagiyak, at sa pagtangis, at sa pagkakalbo, at sa pagbibigkis ng kayong magaspang.

13 At, narito, kagalakan at kasayahan, pagpatay ng mga baka at pagpatay ng mga tupa, pagkain ng karne, at paginom ng alak: Tayo'y magsikain at magsiinom, sapagka't bukas tayo ay mangamamatay.

14 At ang Panginoon ng mga hukbo ay naghayag sa aking mga pakinig, Tunay na ang kasamaang ito ay hindi malilinis sa inyo hanggang sa kayo'y mangamatay, sabi ng Panginoon, ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo.

15 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, Ikaw ay yumaon, pumaroon ka sa tagaingat-yamang ito sa makatuwid baga'y kay Sebna, na katiwala sa bahay, at iyong sabihin,

16 Anong ginagawa mo rito? at sinong ibinaon mo rito, na gumawa ka rito ng isang libingan para sa iyo? na gumagawa ka ng libingan sa itaas, at umuukit ka ng tahanan niyang sarili sa malaking bato!

17 Narito, ibabagsak kang bigla ng Panginoon na gaya ng malakas na tao: oo, kaniyang hihigpitan ka.

18 Tunay niyang papipihit-pihitin at itatapon ka na parang bola sa malaking lupain; doon ka mamamatay, at doon malalagay ang mga karo ng iyong kaluwalhatian, ikaw na kahihiyan ng sangbahayan ng iyong panginoon.

19 At aalisin kita sa iyong katungkulan, at sa iyong kinaroroonan ay ibubuwal ka.

20 At mangyayari sa araw na yaon, na aking tatawagin ang aking lingkod na si Eliacim na anak ni Hilcias:

21 At aking susuutan siya ng iyong balabal, at patitibayin siya ng iyong pamigkis, at aking ipagkakatiwala ang iyong pamamahala sa kaniyang kamay: at siya'y magiging ama sa mga nananahan sa Jerusalem, at sa sangbahayan ni Juda.

22 At ang katungkulan sa sangbahayan ni David ay iaatang ko sa kaniyang balikat; at siya'y magbubukas, at walang magsasara; at siya'y magsasara, at walang magbubukas.

23 At aking ikakapit siya na parang pako sa isang matibay na dako; at siya'y magiging pinakaluklukan ng kaluwalhatian sa sangbahayan ng kaniyang magulang.

24 At kanilang ipagkakaloob sa kaniya ang buong kaluwalhatian ng sangbahayan ng kaniyang magulang, ang mga anak at ang angkan, bawa't sisidlan, mula sa mga munting sisidlan hanggang sa mga malalaking sisidlan.

25 Sa araw na yaon, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, matatanggal ang pakong nakapit sa matibay na dako; at mababalikwat, at mahuhulog, at ang mga sabit niyaon ay malalaglag; sapagka't sinalita ng Panginoon.

Proclamation Against Jerusalem

22 The [a]burden against the Valley of Vision.

What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,
You who are full of noise,
A [b]tumultuous city, (A)a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword,
Nor dead in battle.
All your rulers have fled together;
They are captured by the archers.
All who are found in you are bound together;
They have fled from afar.
Therefore I said, “Look away from me,
(B)I will weep bitterly;
Do not labor to comfort me
Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.”

(C)For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
(D)By the Lord God of hosts
In the Valley of Vision—
Breaking down the walls
And of crying to the mountain.
(E)Elam bore the quiver
With chariots of men and horsemen,
And (F)Kir uncovered the shield.
It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys
Shall be full of chariots,
And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

(G)He removed the [c]protection of Judah.
You looked in that day to the armor (H)of the House of the Forest;
(I)You also saw the [d]damage to the city of David,
That it was great;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
And the houses you broke down
To fortify the wall.
11 (J)You also made a reservoir between the two walls
For the water of the old (K)pool.
But you did not look to its Maker,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.

12 And in that day the Lord God of hosts
(L)Called for weeping and for mourning,
(M)For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
13 But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and (N)drinking wine:
(O)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

14 (P)Then it was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of hosts,
“Surely for this iniquity there (Q)will be no atonement for you,
Even to your death,” says the Lord God of hosts.

The Judgment on Shebna

15 Thus says the Lord God of hosts:

“Go, proceed to this steward,
To (R)Shebna, who is over the house, and say:
16 ‘What have you here, and whom have you here,
That you have hewn a sepulcher here,
As he (S)who hews himself a sepulcher on high,
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
17 Indeed, the Lord will throw you away violently,
O mighty man,
(T)And will surely seize you.
18 He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball
Into a large country;
There you shall die, and there (U)your glorious chariots
Shall be the shame of your master’s house.
19 So I will drive you out of your office,
And from your position [e]he will pull you down.

20 ‘Then it shall be in that day,
That I will call My servant (V)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;
21 I will clothe him with your robe
And strengthen him with your belt;
I will commit your responsibility into his hand.
He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
And to the house of Judah.
22 The key of the house of David
I will lay on his (W)shoulder;
So he shall (X)open, and no one shall shut;
And he shall shut, and no one shall open.
23 I will fasten him as (Y)a peg in a secure place,
And he will become a glorious throne to his father’s house.

24 ‘They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers. 25 In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the Lord has spoken.’ ”

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:1 oracle, prophecy
  2. Isaiah 22:2 boisterous
  3. Isaiah 22:8 Lit. covering
  4. Isaiah 22:9 Lit. breaches in the city walls
  5. Isaiah 22:19 LXX omits he will pull you down; Syr., Tg., Vg. I will pull you down

A Prophecy About Jerusalem

22 A prophecy(A) against the Valley(B) of Vision:(C)

What troubles you now,
    that you have all gone up on the roofs,(D)
you town so full of commotion,
    you city of tumult(E) and revelry?(F)
Your slain(G) were not killed by the sword,(H)
    nor did they die in battle.
All your leaders have fled(I) together;
    they have been captured(J) without using the bow.
All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,
    having fled while the enemy was still far away.
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep(K) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”(L)

The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day(M)
    of tumult and trampling(N) and terror(O)
    in the Valley of Vision,(P)
a day of battering down walls(Q)
    and of crying out to the mountains.
Elam(R) takes up the quiver,(S)
    with her charioteers and horses;
    Kir(T) uncovers the shield.
Your choicest valleys(U) are full of chariots,
    and horsemen are posted at the city gates.(V)

The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah,
    and you looked in that day(W)
    to the weapons(X) in the Palace of the Forest.(Y)
You saw that the walls of the City of David
    were broken through(Z) in many places;
you stored up water
    in the Lower Pool.(AA)
10 You counted the buildings in Jerusalem
    and tore down houses(AB) to strengthen the wall.(AC)
11 You built a reservoir between the two walls(AD)
    for the water of the Old Pool,(AE)
but you did not look to the One who made it,
    or have regard(AF) for the One who planned(AG) it long ago.

12 The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    called you on that day(AH)
to weep(AI) and to wail,
    to tear out your hair(AJ) and put on sackcloth.(AK)
13 But see, there is joy and revelry,(AL)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!(AM)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”(AN)

14 The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing:(AO) “Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned(AP) for,” says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

15 This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“Go, say to this steward,
    to Shebna(AQ) the palace(AR) administrator:(AS)
16 What are you doing here and who gave you permission
    to cut out a grave(AT) for yourself(AU) here,
hewing your grave on the height
    and chiseling your resting place in the rock?

17 “Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you
    and hurl(AV) you away, you mighty man.
18 He will roll you up tightly like a ball
    and throw(AW) you into a large country.
There you will die
    and there the chariots(AX) you were so proud of
    will become a disgrace to your master’s house.
19 I will depose you from your office,
    and you will be ousted(AY) from your position.(AZ)

20 “In that day(BA) I will summon my servant,(BB) Eliakim(BC) son of Hilkiah. 21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash(BD) around him and hand your authority(BE) over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. 22 I will place on his shoulder(BF) the key(BG) to the house of David;(BH) what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.(BI) 23 I will drive him like a peg(BJ) into a firm place;(BK) he will become a seat[a] of honor(BL) for the house of his father. 24 All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.

25 “In that day,(BM)” declares the Lord Almighty, “the peg(BN) driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.” The Lord has spoken.(BO)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:23 Or throne