Isaiah 22:12

Isaiah 22:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord, the Lord Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;
• New King James Version (NKJV)And in that day the Lord God of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.

Context of Isaiah 22:12

10You will count the houses in Jerusalem. You will tear down those houses in order to fortify the walls. 11You will build a reservoir between the two walls to hold the water of the Old Pool. You didn’t look to Jerusalem’s maker. You didn’t see the one who formed it long ago. On that day the Almighty Lord of Armies will call for crying and for mourning, for shaving your heads and for wearing sackcloth. 13Instead, you will rejoice, celebrate, slaughter cattle, and butcher sheep. You will eat meat, drink wine, and say, “Let’s eat and drink because tomorrow we’re going to die.” 14The Lord of Armies revealed this to me: “Certainly, this wrong will not be forgiven even when you die,” says the Almighty Lord of Armies.

Isaiah 22:12 word by word

וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֲדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה צְבָא֖וֹת בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא לִבְכִי֙ וּלְמִסְפֵּ֔ד וּלְקָרְחָ֖ה וְלַחֲגֹ֥ר שָֽׂק׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And in that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• did the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• to weepingבְּכִיbekîy · weepingH1065
• and to mourningמִסְפֵּדmispêd · mourningH4553
• and to baldnessקׇרְחָהqorchâh qorchâ' · bald spotH7144
• and to girdingחָגַרchâgar · to girdH2296
• with sackclothשַׂקώaq · sackclothH8242

Cross-references for Isaiah 22:12

• 2 Chronicles 35:25Jeremiah sang a funeral song about Josiah. All the male and female singers still sing funeral songs about Josiah today. This became a tradition in Israel. They are written in ⌞the Book of⌟ the Funeral Songs.
• Nehemiah 8:9Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people told them, “This is a holy day for the Lord your God. Don’t mourn or cry.” All the people were crying as they listened to the reading of God’s Teachings.
• Nehemiah 9:9You saw how our ancestors suffered in Egypt, and you heard them crying at the Red Sea.
• Ecclesiastes 3:4a time to cry and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
• Joel 1:13Put on your sackcloth and mourn, you priests. Cry loudly, you servants of the altar. Spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God. Grain offerings and wine offerings are withheld from your God’s temple.
• Joel 2:17The priests who serve the Lord cry between the altar and the entrance to the temple. They say, “Spare your people, O Lord. Don’t let the people who belong to you become a disgrace. Don’t let the nations ridicule them. Why should people ask, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
• James 4:8Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters.
• James 5:1Pay attention to this if you’re rich. Cry and moan about the misery that is coming to you.
• Isaiah 15:2The people of Dibon go to the temple, to the worship sites, to cry. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved bald, and every beard is cut off.
• Ezra 9:3When I heard this, I tore my clothes ⌞in distress⌟, pulled hair from my scalp and my beard, and sat down in shock.
• Job 1:20Job stood up, tore his robe in grief, and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground and worshiped.
• Amos 8:10I will turn your festivals into funerals and all your songs into funeral songs. I will put sackcloth around everyone’s waist and shave everyone’s head. I will make that day seem like a funeral for an only child, and its end will be bitter.
• Jonah 3:6When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
• Micah 1:16Shave your head in mourning for the children you love. Make yourselves as bald as vultures because your children will be taken from you into exile.

Commentaries on Isaiah 22:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And in that day - In the invasion of Sennacherib. It might be rendered, And the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, on such a day calls to weeping;‘ intimating that in such a time it was a general truth that God required those who were thus afflicted to weep, and fast, and pray. Call to weeping - That is, by his providence; or, it was “proper” that at such a time they should weep. Affliction, oppression, and calamity are indications from God “always” that we ought to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 The weakness of Judah now appeared more than ever. Now also they discovered their carnal confidence and their carnal security. They looked to the fortifications. They made sure of water for the city. But they were regardless of God in all these preparations. They did not care for his glory in what they did. They did not depend upon him for a blessing on their endeavours. For every creature is to us what God makes it to be; and we must bless…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-14Judah’s feasting and disobedience resulted in a prophecy of judgment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. did the Lord God call--Usually the priests gave the summons to national mourning (Joe 1:14); now Jehovah Himself shall give it; the "call" shall consist in the presence of a terrible foe. Translate, "shall call." baldness--emblem of grief (Job 1:20; Mi 1:16).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 22:12

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Baldness
• Happiness
• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Pleasure
• Repentance
• Reprobacy
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• That Day
• Baldness
• Call
• Discover
• Eat
• Girdle
• Hair
• Hew

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