Isaiah 22:2

Isaiah 22:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
• New International Version (NIV)you town so full of commotion, you city of tumult and revelry? Your slain were not killed by the sword, nor did they die in battle.
• English Standard Version (ESV)you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You who are full of noise, A tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.

Context of Isaiah 22:2

1Here is a message about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that all of you go up to the rooftops? The noisy city is full of raucous sounds; the town is filled with revelry. Your slain were not cut down by the sword; they did not die in battle. 3All your leaders ran away together – they fled to a distant place; all your refugees were captured together – they were captured without a single arrow being shot. 4So I say: “Don’t look at me! I am weeping bitterly. Don’t try to console me concerning the destruction of my defenseless people.”

Isaiah 22:2 word by word

תְּשֻׁא֣וֹת׀ מְלֵאָ֗ה עִ֚יר הֽוֹמִיָּ֔ה קִרְיָ֖ה עַלִּיזָ֑ה חֲלָלַ֙יִךְ֙ לֹ֣א חַלְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶב וְלֹ֖א מֵתֵ֥י מִלְחָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou that art fullמָלֵאmâlê' · fullH4392
• of stirsתְּשֻׁאָהteshû'âh · shoutH8663
• a tumultuousהָמָהhâmâh · to roarH1993
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• a joyousעַלִּיז‛allîyz · jubilantH5947
• cityקִרְיָהqiryâh · townH7151
• thy slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• with the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• nor deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• in battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421

Cross-references for Isaiah 22:2

• Isaiah 22:12At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.
• Isaiah 23:7Is this really your boisterous city whose origins are in the distant past, and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside?
• Isaiah 32:13Mourn over the land of my people, which is overgrown with thorns and briers, and over all the once-happy houses in the city filled with revelry.
• Amos 6:3You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.
• Isaiah 37:33So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. He will not attack it with his shielded warriors, nor will he build siege works against it.
• Jeremiah 14:18If I go out into the countryside, I see those who have been killed in battle. If I go into the city, I see those who are sick because of starvation. For both prophet and priest go about their own business in the land without having any real understanding.’”
• Jeremiah 28:3Before two years are over, I will bring back to this place everything that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took from it and carried away to Babylon.
• Jeremiah 52:6By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.
• Lamentations 2:20Look, O Lord! Consider! Whom have you ever afflicted like this? Should women eat their offspring, their healthy infants? Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary? ש (Sin/Shin)
• Lamentations 4:9Those who died by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, those who waste away, struck down from lack of food. י (Yod)

Commentaries on Isaiah 22:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Thou that art full of stirs - Of tumult, of commotion, of alarm. Or, perhaps, this whole description may mean that it was formerly a city distinguished for the hum of business, or for pleasure; a busy, active, enterprising city. The Hebrew will bear this, but I prefer the former interpretation, as indicating mingled alarm and consternation, and at the same time a disposition to engage in riot and revelry. A joyous city - A city exulting; rejoicing; given…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The city celebrated with feasting and drinking (Isaiah 22:13; see 23:7; 32:13), likely because the Assyrians retreated. Now, a new threat approaches: the Babylonian siege in 586 BC. The people did not die in battle but from famine and disease. The siege cut them off from food and caused a sanitation and health crisis.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. art--rather, "wert"; for it could not now be said to be "a joyous city" (Is 32:13). The cause of their joy (Is 22:13) may have been because Sennacherib had accepted Hezekiah's offer to renew the payment of tribute, and they were glad to have peace on any terms, however humiliating (2Ki 18:14-16), or on account of the alliance with Egypt. If the reference be to Zedekiah's time, the joy and feasting are not inapplicable, for this recklessness was a…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 22:2

• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

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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