Isaiah 22:16

¹⁶What are you doing here and who gave you permission to cut out a grave for yourself here, hewing your grave on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock?

Isaiah 22 is a prophetic oracle against Jerusalem, the “valley of vision.” It depicts a city in crisis, besieged by enemies, yet its leaders respond with frantic self-reliance rather than repentance. The chapter contrasts the people’s desperate, worldly preparations—fortifying walls