Sermons citing Isaiah 22:1–15

^22:3 All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.

^22:4 Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

^22:5 For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

^22:6 Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.

^22:7 Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.

^22:8 He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

^22:9 You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

^22:10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.

^22:11 You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.

^22:12 On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

^22:13 But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

^22:14 The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.

^22:15 This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace: