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- 22:1 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - The oracle F276 concerning the valley R762 of vision. What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops? R763
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- 22:2 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - You who were full of noise, You boisterous town, you exultant R764 city; Your slain were not R765 slain with the sword, Nor did F277 they die in battle.
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- 22:3 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - All R766 your rulers have fled together, And have been captured without F278 the bow; All of you who were found were taken captive together, Though F279 they had fled far away.
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- 22:4 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - Therefore I say, "Turn your eyes away from me, Let me weep R767 bitterly, Do not try F280 to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people."
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- 22:5 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - For R768 the Lord GOD of hosts has a day R769 of panic, subjugation R770 and confusion In R771 the valley of vision, A breaking down of walls And a crying to F282 the mountain.
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- 22:6 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - Elam R772 took up the quiver With the chariots, infantry F283 and horsemen; And Kir R773 uncovered the shield.
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- 22:7 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.
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- 22:8 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - And He removed the defense F284 of Judah. In that day you depended F285 on the weapons of the house R774 of the forest,
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- 22:9 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - And you saw that the breaches In the wall of the city of David were many; And you collected R775 the waters of the lower pool.
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- 22:10 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem And tore down houses to fortify the wall.
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- 22:11 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - And you made a reservoir between R776 the two walls For the waters of the old R777 pool. But you did not depend F286 on Him who made it, Nor did you take F287 into consideration Him who planned it long ago.
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- 22:12 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - Therefore in that day the Lord GOD of hosts called you to weeping, R778 to wailing, To shaving R779 the head and to wearing sackcloth.
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- 22:13 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - Instead, there is gaiety R780 and gladness, Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, Eating of meat and drinking of wine: "Let R781 us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die."
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- 22:14 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - But the LORD of hosts revealed Himself to F289 me, "Surely this iniquity R782 shall R783 not be forgiven F290 you Until R784 you die," says the Lord GOD of hosts.
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- 22:15 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, To Shebna, R785 who is in charge of the royal household,
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- 22:16 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - `What right do you have here, And whom do you have here, That you have hewn R786 a tomb for yourself here, You who hew a tomb on the height, You who carve a resting place for yourself F293 in the rock?
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- 22:17 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - `Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you headlong, O man. And He is about to grasp you firmly
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- 22:18 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - And roll you tightly like a ball, To be cast R787 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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- 22:19 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - "I will depose R788 you from your office, And I F294 will pull you down from your station.
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- 22:20 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - "Then it will come about in that day, That I will summon My servant Eliakim R789 the son of Hilkiah,
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- 22:21 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - And I will clothe him with your tunic And tie your sash securely about him. I will entrust him with your authority, F295 And he will become a father R790 to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
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- 22:22 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - "Then I will set the R791 key of the house R792 of David on his shoulder, When he opens no one will shut, When he shuts no one will open. R793
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- 22:23 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - "I will drive him like a peg R794 in a firm place, And he will become a throne R795 of glory to his father's house.
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- 22:24 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - "So they will hang on him all the glory of his father's house, offspring and issue, F296 all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars.
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- 22:25 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ]
[ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation ] - "In that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "the peg R796 driven in a firm place will give way; it will even break R797 off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken."
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FOOTNOTES: F276 Or burden of F277 Lit dead in battle F278 Lit from a bow F279 So with ancient versions; Heb They fled far away F280 Lit insist F281 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD F282 Or against F283 Lit man F284 Lit screen, covering F285 Or looked to, considered F286 Or look to, consider F287 Lit see...Him F288 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD F289 Lit in my ears F290 Lit atoned for F291 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD F292 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD F293 Lit himself F294 So with many ancient versions; Heb He F295 Lit rule F296 Or perhaps, leaf
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CROSS REFERENCES: R762 Psalms 125:2; Jeremiah 21:13; Joel 3:12,14 R763 Isaiah 15:3 R764 Isaiah 23:7; R765 Jeremiah 14:18; Lamentations 2:20 R766 Isaiah 21:15 R767 Isaiah 15:3; Jeremiah 9:1; Luke 19:41 R768 Lamentations 1:5; R769 Isaiah 37:3 R770 Isaiah 10:6; R771 Isaiah 22:1 R772 Isaiah 21:2; Jeremiah 49:35 R773 2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; 9:7 R774 1 Kings 7:2; 10:17 R775 2 Kings 20:20; Nehemiah 3:16 R776 2 Kings 25:4; Jeremiah 39:4 R777 2 Kings 20:20; 2 Chronicles 32:3,4 R778 Isaiah 32:11; Joel 1:13; R779 Micah 1:16 R780 Isaiah 5:11,22; 28:7,8; Luke 17:26-29 R781 Isaiah 56:12; 1 Corinthians 15:32 R782 Isaiah 13:11; 26:21; 30:13; R783 1 Samuel 3:14; Ezekiel 24:13 R784 Isaiah 65:20 R785 2 Kings 18:18,26,37; Isaiah 36:3,11,22; 37:2 R786 2 Samuel 18:18; 2 Chronicles 16:14; Matthew 27:60 R787 Job 18:18; Isaiah 17:13 R788 Job 40:11,12; Ezekiel 17:24 R789 2 Kings 18:18; Isaiah 36:3,22; 37:2 R790 Genesis 45:8; Job 29:16 R791 Revelation 3:7 R792 Isaiah 7:2,13 R793 Job 12:14 R794 Ezra 9:8; Zechariah 10:4 R795 1 Samuel 2:8; Job 36:7 R796 Isaiah 22:23 R797 Esther 9:24,25 R798 Isaiah 46:11; Micah 4:4
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