Verse 16
Isaiah 22:16
Free Bible Version
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He's going to roll you up into a ball, and throw you far away into a vast country. You will die there, and that's where the chariots you were so proud of will remain. You're a disgrace to your lord's royal family.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מַה לְּ/ךָ֥ פֹה֙ וּ/מִ֣י לְ/ךָ֣ פֹ֔ה כִּֽי חָצַ֧בְתָּ לְּ/ךָ֛ פֹּ֖ה קָ֑בֶר חֹצְבִ֤י מָרוֹם֙ קִבְר֔/וֹ חֹקְקִ֥י בַ/סֶּ֖לַע מִשְׁכָּ֥ן לֽ/וֹ
English Translation
What are you doing here, and who is here with you, for you have hewn a grave for yourself here, a tomb for yourself hewn in the rock, a dwelling for yourself?
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Chapter 22 Context
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There are shouts and commotion all over the city with people celebrating. Your dead weren't killed b...
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3
All your leaders ran away together; they were captured without resistance. All your people trying to...
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4
That's why I said, “Go away! Let me mourn in peace. Don't insist on comforting me as the daughter of...
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5
For the Lord has a day of defeat, of panic and confusion in the Valley of Vision, a day of tearing d...
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6
The Elamites pick up their quivers full of arrows, and prepare their chariots and horsemen, while th...
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7
Your most productive valleys are now full of enemy chariots; and their cavalry are at your gates!
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8
You examined the breaks in the walls of the City of David and found there were many. You had water c...
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9
You built a reservoir inside the walls for the waters from the old pool, but you did not respect its...
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10
At that time the Lord, the Lord Almighty, was calling you to weep and mourn, to shave your heads and...
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11
Instead, you go on happily partying! You slaughter cattle and sheep so you can have your feasts, eat...
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12
The Lord Almighty has made this clear to me: “I will not forgive this sin till your dying day, says...
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13
This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, told me to do. “Go to Shebna, the palace manager, and give...
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14
‘What are you doing here? Who do you think you are, cutting out a tomb for yourself high up on a hil...
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15
Watch out, you great man! The Lord is about to grab you and violently toss you aside.
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16
He's going to roll you up into a ball, and throw you far away into a vast country. You will die ther...
17
I will push you out of office, I will strip you of your position.
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18
After that I will call for my servant, Eliakim, son of Hilkiah.
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19
I will put your robe and place your sash around him, and I will give your authority to him. He will...
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20
I will give him the key to the house of David. What he opens, nobody can shut; what he shuts, nobody...
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21
I will drive him like a nail hammered securely into a wall. He will bring honor to his family.
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22
The heavy burden of his father's family will hang on him—all the descendants and the inlaws—all the...
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23
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