Isaiah 22:2

Isaiah 22:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
• New International Version (NIV)you town so full of commotion, you city of tumult and revelry? Your slain were not killed by the sword, nor did they die in battle.
• English Standard Version (ESV)you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You who are full of noise, A tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.

Context of Isaiah 22:2

1This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops, O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle. 3All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place. 4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Isaiah 22:2 word by word

תְּשֻׁא֣וֹת׀ מְלֵאָ֗ה עִ֚יר הֽוֹמִיָּ֔ה קִרְיָ֖ה עַלִּיזָ֑ה חֲלָלַ֙יִךְ֙ לֹ֣א חַלְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶב וְלֹ֖א מֵתֵ֥י מִלְחָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• O cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of commotionתְּשֻׁאָהteshû'âh · shoutH8663
• of commotionמָלֵאmâlê' · fullH4392
• O townקִרְיָהqiryâh · townH7151
• of revelryהָמָהhâmâh · to roarH1993
• of revelryעַלִּיז‛allîyz · jubilantH5947
• Your slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• did notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• by the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• killedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• in battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421

Cross-references for Isaiah 22:2

• Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
• Isaiah 23:7Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
• Isaiah 32:13and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
• Amos 6:3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
• Isaiah 37:33So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
• Jeremiah 14:18If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
• Jeremiah 28:3Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.
• Jeremiah 52:6By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
• Lamentations 2:20Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
• Lamentations 4:9Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

Commentaries on Isaiah 22:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Thou that art full of stirs - Of tumult, of commotion, of alarm. Or, perhaps, this whole description may mean that it was formerly a city distinguished for the hum of business, or for pleasure; a busy, active, enterprising city. The Hebrew will bear this, but I prefer the former interpretation, as indicating mingled alarm and consternation, and at the same time a disposition to engage in riot and revelry. A joyous city - A city exulting; rejoicing; given…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The city celebrated with feasting and drinking (Isaiah 22:13; see 23:7; 32:13), likely because the Assyrians retreated. Now, a new threat approaches: the Babylonian siege in 586 BC. The people did not die in battle but from famine and disease. The siege cut them off from food and caused a sanitation and health crisis.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. art--rather, "wert"; for it could not now be said to be "a joyous city" (Is 32:13). The cause of their joy (Is 22:13) may have been because Sennacherib had accepted Hezekiah's offer to renew the payment of tribute, and they were glad to have peace on any terms, however humiliating (2Ki 18:14-16), or on account of the alliance with Egypt. If the reference be to Zedekiah's time, the joy and feasting are not inapplicable, for this recklessness was a…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 22:2

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• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

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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