God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 22:7
7Then your fertile valleys will be filled with chariots, and horsemen will stand ready in front of the gate.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the 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.
Context of Isaiah 22:7
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. 6Elam takes its quiver of arrows, manned chariots, and horsemen. Kir uncovers its shields. Then your fertile valleys will be filled with chariots, and horsemen will stand ready in front of the gate. 8On that day the Lord will remove the defenses of Judah. You will look for weapons in the House of the Forest. 9You will see how many places in David’s wall are broken. You will store water in 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 22:7
- Isaiah 8:7That is why the Lord is going to bring against them the raging and powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates River— the king of Assyria with all his power. It will overflow all its channels and go over all its banks.
- Isaiah 10:28They come to Aiath. They pass through Migron. They store their equipment at Michmash.
- Isaiah 37:34He will go back the way he came, and he won’t come into this city,” declares the Lord of Armies.
- Jeremiah 39:1In the tenth month of Zedekiah’s ninth year as king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem with his entire army and blockaded 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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