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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Isaiah 22:1

PROPHECY AS TO AN ATTACK ON JERUSALEM. (Isaiah 22:1-14)

of . . . valley of vision—rather, "respecting the valley of visions"; namely, Jerusalem, the seat of divine revelations and visions, "the nursery of prophets" [JEROME], (Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 29:1; Ezekiel 23:4, Margin; Luke 13:33). It lay in a "valley" surrounded by hills higher than Zion and Moriah (Psalms 125:2; Jeremiah 21:13).

thee—the people of Jerusalem personified.

housetops—Panic-struck, they went up on the flat balustraded roofs to look forth and see whether the enemy was near, and partly to defend themselves from the roofs (Judges 9:51, etc.).

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 22:1:

Isaiah 22:1
Isaiah 22:5
Zephaniah 1:11

 

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