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Isaiah 22:7
7So your beautiful valleys were full of chariots. Soldiers on horses prepared to attack your city's gates.
Isaiah 22:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
- New International Version (NIV)Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the city gates.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of Isaiah 22:7
5The Lord, the Almighty Lord, has decided to bring great trouble to Vision Valley. It is a day of fear. People run here and there because they do not know what to do. The enemy knocks down the city's walls. People shout to the hills for help. 6Elam's soldiers came with bows and arrows. They came with chariots and riders on horses. Kir's soldiers prepared their shields to fight. So your beautiful valleys were full of chariots. Soldiers on horses prepared to attack your city's gates. 8The enemy destroyed Judah's strong places where people could be safe. In that day, you looked for weapons in the House of the Forest. 9You saw that there were many holes in the walls of the City of David. You stored water in the Lower Pool.
Read all of Isaiah 22Isaiah 22:7 word by word
וַיְהִ֥י מִבְחַר־עֲמָקַ֖יִךְ מָ֣לְאוּ רָ֑כֶב וְהַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים שֹׁ֖ת שָׁ֥תוּ הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 22:7
- Isaiah 8:7So I will cause this to happen. I, the Lord God, will bring floods of water from the Euphrates river. That will be the king of Assyria and his powerful armies. They will come like a great river that rises high over its sides.
- Isaiah 10:28Assyria's army attacks Aiath! It marches through Migron. They store their things at Michmash.
- Isaiah 37:34No! The king will return home by the way that he came. He will not come into this city.” That is what the Lord says.
- Jeremiah 39:1This is how the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon got power over Jerusalem. In the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah had ruled Judah as king, Nebuchadnezzar's army marched to attack Jerusalem. The whole army made their camp around the city.
Commentaries on Isaiah 22:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Thy choicest valleys - Hebrew, The choice of thy galleys;‘ meaning the most fertile and most valued lands in the vicinity of the city. The rich and fertile vales around Jerusalem would be occupied by the armies of the Assyrian monarch. What occurs in this verse and the following verses to Isaiah 22:14, is a prophetic description of what is presented historically in Isaiah 36:11-13.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Your choicest valleys: This refers to the Kidron and Hinnom valleys, which were located to the east and south of Jerusalem.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. valleys--east, north, and south of Jerusalem: Hinnom on the south side was the richest valley. in array at the gate--Rab-shakeh stood at the upper pool close to the city (Is 36:11-13).Read the comment
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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
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