Isaiah:22-23

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* The burden of the valley of vision . What aileth thee now , that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops ? * Thou that art full of stirs , a tumultuous city , a joyous city : thy slain men are not slain with the sword , nor dead in battle . * All thy rulers are fled together , they are bound by the archers : all that are found in thee are bound together , which have fled from far . * Therefore said I , Look away from me ; I will weep bitterly , labour not to comfort me , because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people . * For it is a day of trouble , and of treading down , and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision , breaking down the walls , and of crying to the mountains . * And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen , and Kir uncovered the shield . * And it shall come to pass , that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots , and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate . * And he discovered the covering of Judah , and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest . * Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David , that they are many : and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool . * And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem , and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall . * Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool : but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof , neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago . * And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping , and to mourning , and to baldness , and to girding with sackcloth : * And behold joy and gladness , slaying oxen , and killing sheep , eating flesh , and drinking wine : let us eat and drink ; for to morrow we shall die . * And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts , Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die , saith the Lord GOD of hosts . * Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts , Go , get thee unto this treasurer , even unto Shebna , which is over the house , and say , * What hast thou here ? and whom hast thou here , that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here , as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high , and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock ? * Behold , the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity , and will surely cover thee . * He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country : there shalt thou die , and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord 's house . * And I will drive thee from thy station , and from thy state shall he pull thee down . * And it shall come to pass in that day , that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah : * And I will clothe him with thy robe , and strengthen 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 . * And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder ; so he shall open , and none shall shut ; and he shall shut , and none shall open . * And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place ; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father 's house . * 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 . * In that day , saith the LORD 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 upon it shall be cut off : for the LORD hath spoken it . * 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 Chittim it is revealed to them . * Be still , ye inhabitants of the isle ; thou whom the merchants of Zidon , that pass over the sea , have replenished . * And by great waters the seed of Sihor , the harvest of the river , is her revenue ; and she is a mart of nations . * Be thou ashamed , O Zidon : for the sea hath spoken , even the strength of the sea , saying , I travail not , nor bring forth children , neither do I nourish up young men , nor bring up virgins . * As at the report concerning Egypt , so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre . * Pass ye over to Tarshish ; howl , ye inhabitants of the isle . * Is this your joyous city , whose antiquity is of ancient days ? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn . * Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre , the crowning city , whose merchants are princes , whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth ? * The LORD of hosts hath purposed it , to stain the pride of all glory , and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth . * Pass through thy land as a river , O daughter of Tarshish : there is no more strength . * He stretched out his hand over the sea , he shook the kingdoms : the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city , to destroy the strong holds thereof . * And he said , Thou shalt no more rejoice , O thou oppressed virgin , daughter of Zidon : arise , pass over to Chittim ; there also shalt thou have no rest . * Behold the land of the Chaldeans ; this people was not , till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness : they set up the towers thereof , they raised up the palaces thereof ; and he brought it to ruin . * Howl , ye ships of Tarshish : for your strength is laid waste . * 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 shall Tyre sing as an harlot . * Take an harp , go about the city , thou harlot that hast been forgotten ; make sweet melody , sing many songs , that thou mayest be remembered . * And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years , that the LORD will visit Tyre , and she shall turn to her hire , and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth . * And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD : it shall not be treasured nor laid up ; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD , to eat sufficiently , and for durable clothing . * Behold , the LORD maketh the earth empty , and maketh it waste , and turneth it upside down , and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof .

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