Isaiah 22:1-3

New International Reader's Version

People of Jerusalem, what’s the matter with you?
    Why have all of you gone up on the roofs of your houses?
² Why is your town so full of noise?
    Why is your city so full of the sound of wild parties?
Those among you who died weren’t killed by swords.
    They didn’t die in battle.
³ All your leaders have run away.
    They’ve been captured without a single arrow being shot.
All you who were caught were taken away as prisoners.
    You ran off while your enemies were still far away.