IsaiYAH 22

Isaiah Foresees Doom For The Valley of Vision1

[Next, 😇, YAH gives me (Isaiah)] the [following prophetic] “burden,” [a vision of the future of the area surrounding Jerusalem, aka] the “Valley Of Vision”. [Foreseeing Judea's destruction, I scream,] “What?! Here?! Why are you [Jerusalem-dwellers] all mounting up [and fleeing to the mountain] tops?"
Some traditions render this as past-tense partying on rooftops, contrasted with the destruction of the subsequent verses.

Crashing, crying [tumult] overwhelms [Jerusalem], the city who [used to] jump for joy, 😇. [But the] dead [people strewing the ground] die [not] from sword-wounds. They [fail to live to fight] in battle. [They] die [of starvation and disease before the invaders breach the city-walls].

All [Judea's] leaders flee en masse [to the hills], 😇. [They run] into the fetters of archers. [Soldiers] catch all [Judea's] far-flung [refugees]. [Pagans lock the survivors] in concentration [camps].

[People stand around me. They await my prophetic guidance.] I scream [to them], “Look away from me! [Stop watching me] sob.” It's useless to rush to comfort me, 😇. [Every time I close my eyes, I see marauders] pillaging my ‘daughter-population’.

YHVH-Adonai-over-armies [sends] the day of uproar, of trampling-down, of rampant-confusion, 😇. [War violates] the Valley of Vision. [Soldiers] break down [Jerusalem's] walls. Cries of desperation echo over [Judea's] mountains.

The archers of Elam {Hidden} lift [their arrows from] their quivers. [Soldiers storm] chariots and war-horses [toward Jerusalem]. [Chaldeans from] Kir {Fortress} uncover their [shiny] shields.
Elam and Kir mark the south and north limits of the Chaldean forces. The NLT lists the Chariot-drivers as Syrians.

[Judea's] choicest valleys fill with chariots, 😇. War-Horsemen array [to bash through Jerusalem's main] gate.

[The invaders] strip Judea naked, 😇. [Their] eyes gleam with [greedy] pleasure on the day they raid [armor, weapons and shields from] the armory in [Solomon's] cedar palace.

[Surviving Judeans] survey hundreds of breaches in the citadel of David {Love}. [To keep the refugees alive, King Hezekiah's men] channel [Jerusalem's damaged] springs into [the] low reservoir [the Pool of Siloam].
II Chron 32:3,30. With the upper pool damaged, hordes of survivors have to manually haul water from the lower pool up to their houses and workplaces.

[Foremen] count the houses [still standing] in Jerusalem. [Wrecking crews] demolish the damaged buildings. [In the rubble, musclemen wrench their backs, recovering stone. One by one, builders cement these stones into holes], re-fortifying the city-wall.

[Judeans] dig a channel between the [city's north and south] walls to [drain] the water from the [war-damaged] "Old Pool". Still [they] fail to look to their maker. They ignore [YHVH] who formed [Jerusalem] long [ago].

The day [before Jerusalem's destruction], YHVH-Adonai-over-armies calls [the Jews] to [repent]: to weep, to mourn, to [shave their heads and beards] bald, to wear sacks [instead of clothes].

Instead [YAH] sees [the doomed Jews] light up [Jerusalem] with parties, 😇! [They] butcher cattle. They kill sheep. [They] eat meat. They suck [down] wine. [They yell,] “Let's eat and drink! For tomorrow we die!”
Everywhere around you, people drown their guilt in addictive ‘pleasures’.

YHVH-Commander-Of-Armies reveals to my ears: “Only death can cover these [peoples'] evil.” That's a death-sentence from YHVH, Adonai-over-armies.

Isaiah Condemns Judea's Corrupt Palace Admin15

YHVH-Adonai-over-armies says, “Go, [Isaiah]. Confront [Jerusalem's corrupt] treasurer, Shebna {Grower}, the palace administrator.

[Say,] “What have you [built]? Who do you [think] you are? You've hewn yourself a rock-cliff tomb, a high-and-mighty carved sepulchre, your private mountaintop mansion built of cut granite!

See [your future, bigwig]! YHVH hurls you away. [Your] master throws you into slavery. [Tyrants work] you into the grave.

[YAH] whips and spins you. He tosses you like a curveball into a vast wasteland. There you die. Your glorious cars [and war-machines rot]; you shame your master's house.

[YAH warns,] “[Eventually] I drive [all] you [corrupt politicos] from your [usurped] office[s].” [YAH] snatches you [creeps] down [from your exalted government] post[s].

YAH Replaces The Corrupt Boss With A Good Man20

[YAH foretells,] “The day [dawns when] I summon my servant Eliakim {EL-Raises} the son of HilkiYah {YAH's-Inheritance}.
Eliakim apparently takes evil Shebna's place as palace administrator under good king Hezekiah during the days of evil Manasseh. See Isaiah 36:3&22, 37:2.

—I clothe [Eliakim] with [your usurped] robe, [Shebna]. I strengthen [Eliakim] with your [stolen priestly] sash. I commit your government into his hand. He becomes a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the tribe of Judah {Celebrated}.

—I lay the key of [ancient king] David's dynasty upon the shoulder of [my servant Eliakim]. He opens [boxes of blessing that] no [man can] shut. He shuts [dens of evil so tightly that no man can] open [them again].

—I fasten [my servant] like a nail in a solid [wall]. He shines, an immovable seat of [authority] for his father [David's] dynasty.

Like cups, goblets and iron crockpots, the dynasty of [your] forefather [David] ends up hanging off [my obeyer]. [He] supports the weight of [David's] direct-offspring plus [an endless stream of] hangers-on.

“Finally the day [dawns],” predicts YHVH-Commander-Of-Armies, “when [I] rip the [corrupt] ‘peg’ from [society's] mighty ‘wall.’ I hurl [the corrupt governor] down. [He] falls. So [I] cut off the [diseased culture that] hangs off [every corrupt politician].” YHVH speaks [earth's future, 😇].