Isaiah 22:8

Isaiah 22:8

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.

12 And in that day the Lord God of hosts
^aCalled for weeping and for mourning,
^bFor baldness and for girding with sackcloth.

13 But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and ^adrinking wine:
^b“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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He - The enemy. Covering - He took those fenced cities, which were a covering or safe - guard both to the people of Judah, and to Jerusalem. The armour - Thy trust was placed in the arm of flesh. The forest - More fully called the house of the forest of Lebanon, I Kings 7:2, not because it was built in Lebanon, for it was in Jerusalem; but because it was built of the trees of Lebanon.

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