New American Standard Bible 1995
Isaiah 22:4
4Therefore I say, “Turn your eyes away from me, Let me 1weep bitterly, Do not 2try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
Isaiah 22:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore I said, “Turn away from me; let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore I said: "Look away from me; let me weep bitter tears; do not labor to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I said, “Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.”
Context of Isaiah 22:4
2You who were full of noise, You boisterous town, you exultant city; Your slain were not slain with the sword, Nor did they die in battle. 3All your rulers have fled together, And have been captured without the bow; All of you who were found were taken captive together, Though they had fled far away. Therefore I say, “Turn your eyes away from me, Let me weep bitterly, Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.” 5For the Lord God of hosts has a day of panic, subjugation and confusion In the valley of vision, A breaking down of walls And a crying to the mountain. 6Elam took up the quiver With the chariots, infantry and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield.
Read all of Isaiah 22Isaiah 22:4 word by word
עַל־כֵּ֥ן אָמַ֛רְתִּי שְׁע֥וּ מִנִּ֖י אֲמָרֵ֣ר בַּבֶּ֑כִי אַל־תָּאִ֣יצוּ לְנַֽחֲמֵ֔נִי עַל־שֹׁ֖ד בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
- Thereforeעַל‛al · uponH5921
- Thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
- I sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Turnשָׁעָהshâ‛âh · to gazeH8159
- awayמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
- weepבְּכִיbekîy · weepingH1065
- bitterlyמָרַרmârar · to provokeH4843
- tryאוּץ'ûts · to hastenH213
- to comfortנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
- the destructionשֹׁדshôd shôd · violenceH7701
- of the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
Cross-references for Isaiah 22:4
- Ruth 1:20She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
- Jeremiah 4:19My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart! My heart is pounding in me; I cannot be silent, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.
- Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
- Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not listen to it, My soul will sob in secret for such pride; And my eyes will bitterly weep And flow down with tears, Because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.
- Luke 1:2just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
- Isaiah 33:7Behold, their brave men cry in the streets, The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
- Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth And roll in ashes; Mourn as for an only son, A lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer Will come upon us.
- Micah 1:8Because of this I must lament and wail, I must go barefoot and naked; I must make a lament like the jackals And a mourning like the ostriches.
- Matthew 26:75And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, “Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.
- Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; In the night my hand was stretched out without weariness; My soul refused to be comforted.
- Jeremiah 8:18My sorrow is beyond healing, My heart is faint within me!
- Jeremiah 31:15Thus says the Lord, “A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.”
- Matthew 2:18“A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; And she refused to be comforted, Because they were no more.”
Commentaries on Isaiah 22:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Look away from me - Do not look upon me - an indication of deep grief, for sorrow seeks to be alone, and grief avoids publicity and exposure. I will weep bitterly - Hebrew, I will be bitter in weeping.‘ Thus we speak of “bitter” sorrow, indicating excessive grief (see the note at Isaiah 15:5; compare Jeremiah 13:17; Jeremiah 14:17; Lamentations 1:16; Lamentations 2:11; Micah 1:8-9). Labour not - The sense is, My grief is so great that I cannot be…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4let me weep bitterly!: Isaiah grieved for the victims and the destruction of his people (see Isaiah 6:13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Look ... from me--Deep grief seeks to be alone; while others feast joyously, Isaiah mourns in prospect of the disaster coming on Jerusalem (Mi 1:8, 9). daughter, &c.--(see on Is 1:8; La 2:11).Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Isaiah 22:4 Is 15:3; Jer 9:1; Luke 19:41 ↩
- 2. Isaiah 22:4 Lit insist ↩
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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