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title: "Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 2"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "William Pringle"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 52 of 62
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-isaiah-volume-2/52/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. William Pringle, Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 2, section 52. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-isaiah-volume-2/52/"
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# Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 2

*John Calvin, tr. William Pringle*

Calvin on the prophet Isaiah, volume 2 of 4.

## 52. Chapter 22

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[¶0] 1 The burden of the valley of vision. What hast thou here, That thou art entirely gone up upon the roofs?

[¶1] 2 Full of miseries, Tumultuous city, joyful city; Thy slain men are not slain by the sword, And are not dead in battle.

[¶2] 3 All thy rulers have fled; Together have they been made prisoners by the archers; All that were found in thee have been made prisoners together, Who have fled from afar.

[¶3] 4 Therefore I said, Let me alone; I will be bitter in my weeping; Labour not to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughters of my people.

[¶4] 5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity, From the Lord Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision, Demolishing the city, And crying to the mountain.

[¶5] 6 Yet Elam beareth the quiver In a chariot of men and horsemen, And Kir uncovereth the shield.

[¶6] 7 And the choice of thy valleys was filled with chariots, And horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.

[¶7] 8 And he took away the covering of Judah; And thou didst look in that day To the armory of the house of the forest.

[¶8] 9 And ye have seen the breaches of the city of David, which were many; And ye collected the waters of the lower pool.

[¶9] 10 And the houses of Jerusalem have ye numbered, And ye have thrown down houses to fortify the wall.

[¶10] 11 For the waters of the old pool Have ye also made a ditch between the walls; And ye have not looked to him that made it, And have not seen him that formed it in ancient times.

[¶11] 12 And in that day the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Called to weeping and to lamentation, To baldness and girding with sackcloth;

[¶12] 13 And, behold! joy and gladness, Slaying oxen, killing sheep, Eating flesh, and drinking wine, Eating and drinking; For tomorrow we shall die!

[¶13] 14 It was revealed in my ears by Jehovah of hosts, If this iniquity shall be forgiven you till ye die, Saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts.

[¶14] 15 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts, Go, approach to that abettor, To Shebna, the ruler of the house.

[¶15] 16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here? That thou hast hewed out here for thyself a sepulchre, As he who heweth out his sepulchre on high, Or who cutteth out a habitation for himself in the rock.

[¶16] 17 Behold, Jehovah will carry thee away with a remarkable carrying away, And covering will cover thee.

[¶17] 18 Whirling he will turn thee with whirling, As a ball with the hands, into a distant country; There shalt thou die; And there the chariot of thy glory Shall be the disgrace of the house of thy lord.

[¶18] 19 And I will drive thee from thy post, And from thy abode shall he east thee out.

[¶19] 20 And it shall be in that day, I will call my servant, Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah.

[¶20] 21 And I will clothe him with thy raiment, And will strengthen him with thy girdle, And will deliver thy power into his hand; And he shall be a father of the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And of the house of Judah.

[¶21] 22 And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder; He will open, and none shall shut; He will shut, and none shall open.

[¶22] 23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place, And to the house of his father he shall become a throne of glory.

[¶23] 24 And all the glory of his fathers house, Grandchildren and great-grandchildren, All smaller vessels, From vessels of cups to all vessels of musical instruments, They shall hang upon him.

[¶24] 25 In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, The nail fixed in a sure place shall be removed, And shall be cut down, and shall fall; And the burden which was upon it shall be cut off; For Jehovah hath spoken it.