Isaiah 22:6

Isaiah 22:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
• New International Version (NIV)Elam takes up the quiver, with her charioteers and horses; Kir uncovers the shield.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen, And Kir uncovered the shield.

Context of Isaiah 22:6

4Therefore I say, “Look away from me; Let me weep bitterly. Do not try to comfort me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.” 5For the Lord God of hosts has a day of panic and of tumult, of trampling, of confusion In the Valley of Vision, A [day of] breaking down walls And a crying [for help] to the mountain. Elam took up the quiver With the chariots, infantry and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield. 7And it came to pass that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen took their fixed positions [in an offensive array] at the gate [of Jerusalem]. 8Then God removed the [protective] covering of Judah; And in that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest (Solomon’s armory).

Isaiah 22:6 word by word

וְעֵילָם֙ נָשָׂ֣א אַשְׁפָּ֔ה בְּרֶ֥כֶב אָדָ֖ם פָּֽרָשִׁ֑ים וְקִ֥יר עֵרָ֖ה מָגֵֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Elamעֵילָם‛êylâm ‛ôlâm · ElamH5867
• bareנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• the quiverאַשְׁפָּה'ashpâh · quiverH827
• with chariotsרֶ֫כֶבrekeb · chariotH7393
• of menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• horsemenפָּרָשׁpârâsh · horsemanH6571
• and Kirקִירqîyr · KirH7024
• uncoveredעָרָה‛ârâh · to uncoverH6168
• the shieldמָגֵןmâgên meginnâh · shieldH4043

Cross-references for Isaiah 22:6

• Isaiah 21:2A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media! All the groaning [caused by Babylon’s ruthless oppressions] I [the Lord] have brought to an end.
• Genesis 10:22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram;
• Jeremiah 49:35“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Behold (listen carefully), I am going to break the bow of Elam, The finest [weapon] of their strength.
• Isaiah 15:1The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Moab: Because in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined; Because in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
• 2 Kings 16:9So the king of Assyria listened to him; and he went up against Damascus and captured it, and carried its people away into exile to Kir, and put Rezin [king of Aram] to death.
• Amos 1:5I also will break the bar [of the gate] of Damascus, And cut off and destroy the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven (Wickedness), And the ruler who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden (Damascus); And the people of Aram [conquered by the Assyrians] will go into exile to Kir,” Says the Lord.
• Amos 9:7“Are you [degenerate ones] not as the [despised] sons of Ethiopia to Me, O sons of Israel?” says the Lord. “Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt, And the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans (Syrians) from Kir?

Commentaries on Isaiah 22:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Chariots of men "The Syriac" - It is not easy to say what אדם רכב recheb adam, a chariot of men, can mean. It seems by the form of the sentence, which consists of three members, the first and the third mentioning a particular people, that the second should do so likewise. Thus ופרשים ארם ברכב berecheb aram uparashim, "with chariots the Syrian, and with horsemen:" the similitude of the letters ד daleth and ר resh is so great, and the mistakes arising from…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And Elam - The southern part of Persia, perhaps used here to denote Persia in general (see the note at Isaiah 21:2). Elam, or Persia, was at this time subject to Assyria, and their forces were united doubtless in the invasion of Judea. Bare the quiver - A quiver‘ is a case in which arrows are carried. This was usually hung upon the shoulders, and thus “borne” by the soldier when he entered into battle. By the expression here, is meant that Elam was…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Elam: Elam was east of Babylon and later helped defeat Babylon (see Isaiah 21:2; also Jeremiah 49:34–39). The exact location of Kir is unknown (see also Amos 1:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Elam--the country stretching east from the Lower Tigris, answering to what was afterwards called Persia (see on Is 21:2). Later, Elam was a province of Persia (Ezr 4:9). In Sennacherib's time, Elam was subject to Assyria (2Ki 18:11), and so furnished a contingent to its invading armies. Famed for the bow (Is 13:18; Jr 49:35), in which the Ethiopians alone excelled them. with chariots of men and horsemen--that is, they used the bow both in chariots and…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 22:6

• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Kir
• Quiver
• Shield

In the dictionaries

• Elam
• Elam; Elamites
• Bow
• Discover
• Eat
• Hew
• Quiver
• Sennacherib
• Shield
• Archery

Commentaries on Isaiah 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings