God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 22:5
5The Almighty Lord of Armies has chosen a special day. It will be a day of confusion and trampling in the valley of Vision, ⌞a day of⌟ tearing down walls and crying for help in the mountains.
Isaiah 22:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day of tumult and trampling and terror in the Valley of Vision, a day of battering down walls and of crying out to the mountains.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity By the Lord God of hosts In the Valley of Vision— Breaking down the walls And of crying to the mountain.
Context of Isaiah 22:5
3All your leaders fled together and were captured without their bows and arrows. All those who were found were taken prisoner before any of them could get far away. 4That is why I say, “Turn away from me so that I can cry bitterly. Don’t try to comfort me because of the destruction brought on my people.” The Almighty Lord of Armies has chosen a special day. It will be a day of confusion and trampling in the valley of Vision, ⌞a day of⌟ tearing down walls and crying for help in the mountains. 6Elam takes its quiver of arrows, manned chariots, and horsemen. Kir uncovers its shields. 7Then your fertile valleys will be filled with chariots, and horsemen will stand ready in front of the gate.
Read all of Isaiah 22Isaiah 22:5 word by word
כִּ֣י יוֹם֩ מְהוּמָ֨ה וּמְבוּסָ֜ה וּמְבוּכָ֗ה לַֽאדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה צְבָא֖וֹת בְּגֵ֣יא חִזָּי֑וֹן מְקַרְקַ֥ר קִ֖ר וְשׁ֥וֹעַ אֶל־הָהָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- a dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- of troubleמְהוּמָהmehûmâh · tumultH4103
- and of treading downמְבוּסָהmebûsâh · subjugationH4001
- and of perplexityמְבוּכָהmebûkâh · confusionH3998
- by the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
- of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
- in the valleyגַּיְאgay' gay · valleyH1516
- of visionחִזָּיוֹןchizzâyôn · visionH2384
- breakingקָרַרqûr · to destroyH6979
- down the wallsקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
- and of cryingשׁוֹעַshôa‛ · cryH7771
- to the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
Cross-references for Isaiah 22:5
- Isaiah 37:3They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day filled with misery, punishment, and disgrace. We are like a woman who is about to give birth but doesn’t have the strength to do it.
- 2 Kings 19:3They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day filled with misery, punishment, and disgrace. We are like a woman who is about to give birth but doesn’t have the strength to do it.
- Jeremiah 30:7How terrible that day will be! There will be no other day like it. It will be a time of calamity for the descendants of Jacob, but they will be rescued from it.
- Amos 5:18How horrible it will be for those who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for that day? The day of the Lord is one of darkness and not light.
- Isaiah 5:5Now then, let me tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will tear away its hedge so that it can be devoured and tear down its wall so that it can be trampled.
- Isaiah 10:6I send them against a godless nation. In my fury I order them against the people to take their belongings, loot them, and trample on them like mud in the streets.
- Isaiah 25:10The Lord’s power will be on this mountain. Moab will be trampled beneath him like straw that is trampled in a pile of manure.
- Esther 3:15The messengers hurried out as the king told them. The decree was also issued at the fortress of Susa. So the king and Haman sat down to drink a toast, but the city of Susa was in turmoil.
- Micah 7:4The best of them is like a briar. The most decent person is sharper than thornbushes. The day you thought you would be punished has come. Now is the time you will be confused.
- 2 Kings 25:10The entire Babylonian army that was with the captain of the guard tore down the walls around Jerusalem.
- Lamentations 1:5Its opponents are now in control. Its enemies have no worries. The Lord made Zion suffer for its many rebellious acts. Its children go ahead of their opponents into captivity.
- Lamentations 2:2The Lord swallowed up all of Jacob’s pastures without any pity. He tore down the fortified cities of Judah in his fury. He brought the kingdom ⌞of Judah⌟ and its leaders down to the ground in dishonor.
- Hosea 10:8The illegal worship sites of Aven will be destroyed. Israel sins there. Thorns and weeds will grow over those altars. People will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
- Matthew 24:16those of you in Judea should flee to the mountains.
- Luke 23:30Then people will say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’
- Revelation 6:16They said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the anger of the lamb,
Commentaries on Isaiah 22:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For it is a day of trouble and of treading down - When our enemies trample on everything sacred and dear to us, and endanger all our best interests (see Psalm 44:6; Luke 21:24). And of perplexity - In which we know not what to do. We are embarrassed, and know not where to look for relief. By the Lord God of hosts - That is, he is the efficient cause of all this. It has come upon us under his providence, and by his direction (see the note at Isaiah 10:5)…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The invading Babylonians broke Jerusalem's walls using battering rams (2 Kings 25:4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. trouble ... by the Lord--that is, sent by or from the Lord (see on Is 19:15; Lu 21:22-24). valley of vision--(See on Is 22:1). Some think a valley near Ophel is meant as about to be the scene of devastation (compare see on Is 32:13,14). breaking ... walls--that is, "a day of breaking the walls" of the city. crying to the mountains--the mournful cry of the townsmen "reaches" to (Maurer translates, towards) the mountains, and is echoed back by them…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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