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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The whole city is in a terrible uproar. What do I see in this reveling city? Bodies are lying everywhere, killed not in battle but by famine and disease.

Context of Isaiah 22:2

1The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops, you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle. 3All your leaders have fled together; without the bow they were captured. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away. 4Therefore I said: "Look away from me; let me weep bitter tears; do not labor to comfort me concerning 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou that art fullמָלֵאmâlê' · fullH4392
• of stirsתְּשֻׁאָהteshû'âh · shoutH8663
• a tumultuousהָמָהhâmâh · to roarH1993
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• a joyousעַלִּיז‛allîyz · jubilantH5947
• cityקִרְיָהqiryâh · townH7151
• thy slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• with the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• nor deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• in battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421

Cross-references for Isaiah 22:2

• Isaiah 22:12In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;
• Isaiah 23:7Is this your exultant city whose origin is from days of old, whose feet carried her to settle far away?
• Isaiah 32:13for the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers, yes, for all the joyous houses in the exultant city.
• Amos 6:3O you who put far away the day of disaster and bring near the seat of violence?
• Isaiah 37:33"Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it.
• Jeremiah 14:18If I go out into the field, behold, those pierced by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold, the diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land and have no knowledge.'"
• Jeremiah 28:3Within two years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the Lord's house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.
• Jeremiah 52:6On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
• Lamentations 2:20Look, O Lord, and see! With whom have you dealt thus? Should women eat the fruit of their womb, the children of their tender care? Should priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
• Lamentations 4:9Happier were the victims of the sword than the victims of hunger, who wasted away, pierced by lack of the fruits of the field.

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

• Isaiah
• 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