Isaiah 22:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Isaiah 22:3

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.

Verse Comparison: Isaiah 22:3

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American Standard Version
All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off.

Amplified® Bible
All your [military] leaders have fled together; without the bow [which they had thrown away] they have been taken captive {and} bound by the archers. All of you who were found were bound together [as captives], though they had fled far away.

Contemporary English Version
Your leaders ran away, but they were captured without a fight. No matter how far they ran, they were found and caught.

Darby English Version
All thy rulers have fled together, they are taken prisoners without the bow: all that are found of thee are made prisoners together; they were fleeing far off.

Good News Bible
All your leaders ran away and were captured before they shot a single arrow.

King James Version
All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.

New American Standard Bible
All your rulers have fled together, {And} have been captured without the bow; All of you who were found were taken captive together, Though they had fled far away.

New International Version
All your leaders have fled together;
they have been captured without using the bow.
All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,
having fled while the enemy was still far away.

New King James Version
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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
All your rulers have fled together, And have fallen into captivity without the bow; All of you who found yourselves taken captive together, Though they had fled far away.

Revised Standard Version
All your rulers have fled together, without the bow they were captured. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.

Young's Literal Translation
All thy rulers fled together from the bow, Bound have been all found of thee, They have been kept bound together, Afar off they have fled.

New English Translation
¹ All your leaders ran away together – they fled to a distant place; all your refugees² were captured together – they were captured without a single arrow being shot.³

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