English Standard Version
Isaiah 22:3
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.
Isaiah 22:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)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 (NKJV)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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)All your leaders have fled. They surrendered without resistance. The people tried to slip away, but they were captured, too.
Context of Isaiah 22:3
1The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops, 2you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle. All 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." 5For the Lord God of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the valley of vision, a battering down of walls and a shouting to the mountains.
Read all of Isaiah 22Isaiah 22:3 word by word
כָּל־קְצִינַ֥יִךְ נָֽדְדוּ־יַ֖חַד מִקֶּ֣שֶׁת אֻסָּ֑רוּ כָּל־נִמְצָאַ֙יִךְ֙ אֻסְּר֣וּ יַחְדָּ֔ו מֵרָח֖וֹק בָּרָֽחוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- All thy rulersקָצִיןqâtsîyn · chiefH7101
- are fledנָדַדnâdad · to wanderH5074
- togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
- they are boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
- by the archersקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
- all that are foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
- togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162
- have fledבָּרַחbârach · to fleeH1272
- from farרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350
Cross-references for Isaiah 22:3
- Isaiah 3:1For behold, the Lord God of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water;
- 2 Kings 25:4Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king's garden, and the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah.
- Jeremiah 39:4When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled, going out of the city at night by way of the king's garden through the gate between the two walls; and they went toward the Arabah.
- Jeremiah 52:24And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold;
Commentaries on Isaiah 22:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3All thy rulers - are bound by the archers "All thy leaders - are fled from the bow" - There seems to be somewhat of an inconsistency in the sense according to the present reading. If the leaders were bound, אסרו usseru, how could they flee away? for their being bound, according to the obvious construction and course of the sentence, is a circumstance prior to their flight. I therefore follow Houbigant, who reads הסרו huseru, remoti sunt, "they are gone…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3All thy rulers are fled together - The general idea in this verse is plain. It is designed to describe the consternation which would take place on the approach of the invader, and especially the timidity and flight of those on whom the city relied for protection and defense. Hence, instead of entering calmly and firmly on the work of defense, no inconsiderable part of the rulers of the city are represented as fleeing from the city, and refusing to remain…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Leaders might try to flee, but they would not escape (see 2 Kings 25:4–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. rulers--rather, "generals" (Jos 10:24; Jud 11:6, 11). bound--rather, "are taken." by the archers--literally, "by the bow"; so Is 21:17. Bowmen were the light troops, whose province it was to skirmish in front and (2Ki 6:22) pursue fugitives (2Ki 25:5); this verse applies better to the attack of Nebuchadnezzar than that of Sennacherib. all ... in thee--all found in the city (Is 13:15), not merely the "rulers" or generals. fled from far--those who had…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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