Isaiah 22:1

Isaiah 22:1

Proclamation Against Jerusalem

1 The¹ burden against the Valley of Vision.
What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,

2 You who a¹re full of noise,
A tumultuous city, ^aa joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword,
Nor dead in battle.

3 All your rulers have fled together;
They are captured by the archers.
All who are found in you are bound together;
They have fled from afar.

4 Therefore I said, “Look away from me,
^aI will weep bitterly;
Do not labor to comfort me
Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.”

5 ^aFor it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
^bBy the Lord God of hosts
In the Valley of Vision—
Breaking down the walls
And of crying to the mountain.

6 ^aElam bore the quiver
With chariots of men and horsemen,
And ^bKir uncovered the shield.

7 It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys
Shall be full of chariots,
And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

8 ^aHe removed the¹ protection of Judah.
You looked in that day to the armor ^bof the House of the Forest;

9 ^aYou also saw the¹ damage to the city of David,
That it was great;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
And the houses you broke down
To fortify the wall.

11 ^aYou also made a reservoir between the two walls
For the water of the old ^bpool.
But you did not look to its Maker,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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The valley - Of Judah; and especially of Jerusalem, called a valley, because great part of it flood in a valley; and the valley of vision, because of the many and clear visions or revelations of God's mind, in that place. House - tops - As they used to do in times of great consternation, that they might look, to and cry to heaven for help.

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