New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 22:1-5

1The 1oracle concerning the 2valley of vision. What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the 3housetops?2You who were full of noise, You boisterous town, you 4exultant city; Your slain were 5not slain with the sword, Nor 6did they die in battle.3 7All your rulers have fled together, And have been captured 8without the bow; All of you who were found were taken captive together, 9Though they had fled far away.4Therefore I say, “Turn your eyes away from me, Let me 10weep bitterly, Do not 11try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”5 12For the Lord 13God of hosts has a 14day of panic, 15subjugation and confusion 16In the valley of vision, A breaking down of walls And a crying 17to the mountain.

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Notes

1. Isaiah 22:1 Or burden of ↩
2. Isaiah 22:1 Ps 125:2; Jer 21:13; Joel 3:12, 14 ↩
3. Isaiah 22:1 Is 15:3 ↩
4. Isaiah 22:2 Is 23:7; 32:13 ↩
5. Isaiah 22:2 Jer 14:18; Lam 2:20 ↩
6. Isaiah 22:2 Lit dead in battle ↩
7. Isaiah 22:3 Is 21:15 ↩
8. Isaiah 22:3 Lit from a bow ↩
9. Isaiah 22:3 So with ancient versions; Heb They fled far away ↩
10. Isaiah 22:4 Is 15:3; Jer 9:1; Luke 19:41 ↩
11. Isaiah 22:4 Lit insist ↩
12. Isaiah 22:5 Lam 1:5; 2:2 ↩
13. Isaiah 22:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
14. Isaiah 22:5 Is 37:3 ↩
15. Isaiah 22:5 Is 10:6; 63:3 ↩
16. Isaiah 22:5 Is 22:1 ↩
17. Isaiah 22:5 Or against ↩

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