English Standard Version
Isaiah 22:7
7Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Chariots fill your beautiful valleys, and charioteers storm your gates.
Context of Isaiah 22:7
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. 6And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates. 8He has taken away the covering of Judah. In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest, 9and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many. You collected the waters of 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
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Cross-references for Isaiah 22:7
- Isaiah 8:7therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks,
- Isaiah 10:28He has come to Aiath; he has passed through Migron; at Michmash he stores his baggage;
- Isaiah 37:34By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 39:1In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it.
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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