Isaiah 22:6

Isaiah 22:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen, And Kir uncovered the shield.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Elamites are the archers, with their chariots and charioteers. The men of Kir hold up the shields.

Context of Isaiah 22:6

4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me; let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people.” 5The 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. Elam takes up the quiver, with her charioteers and horses; Kir uncovers the shield. 7Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the city gates. 8The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah, and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest.

Isaiah 22:6 word by word

וְעֵילָם֙ נָשָׂ֣א אַשְׁפָּ֔ה בְּרֶ֥כֶב אָדָ֖ם פָּֽרָשִׁ֑ים וְקִ֥יר עֵרָ֖ה מָגֵֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Elamעֵילָם‛êylâm ‛ôlâm · ElamH5867
• bareנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• the quiverאַשְׁפָּה'ashpâh · quiverH827
• with chariotsרֶ֫כֶבrekeb · chariotH7393
• of menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• horsemenפָּרָשׁpârâsh · horsemanH6571
• and Kirקִירqîyr · KirH7024
• uncoveredעָרָה‛ârâh · to uncoverH6168
• the shieldמָגֵןmâgên meginnâh · shieldH4043

Cross-references for Isaiah 22:6

• Isaiah 21:2A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.
• Genesis 10:22The sons of Shem: Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
• Jeremiah 49:35This is what the Lord Almighty says: “See, I will break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might.
• Isaiah 15:1A prophecy against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night!
• 2 Kings 16:9The king of Assyria complied by attacking Damascus and capturing it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir and put Rezin to death.
• Amos 1:5I will break down the gate of Damascus; I will destroy the king who is in the Valley of Aven and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord.
• Amos 9:7“Are not you Israelites the same to me as the Cushites?” declares the Lord. “Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?

Commentaries on Isaiah 22:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Chariots of men "The Syriac" - It is not easy to say what אדם רכב recheb adam, a chariot of men, can mean. It seems by the form of the sentence, which consists of three members, the first and the third mentioning a particular people, that the second should do so likewise. Thus ופרשים ארם ברכב berecheb aram uparashim, "with chariots the Syrian, and with horsemen:" the similitude of the letters ד daleth and ר resh is so great, and the mistakes arising from…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And Elam - The southern part of Persia, perhaps used here to denote Persia in general (see the note at Isaiah 21:2). Elam, or Persia, was at this time subject to Assyria, and their forces were united doubtless in the invasion of Judea. Bare the quiver - A quiver‘ is a case in which arrows are carried. This was usually hung upon the shoulders, and thus “borne” by the soldier when he entered into battle. By the expression here, is meant that Elam was…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Elam: Elam was east of Babylon and later helped defeat Babylon (see Isaiah 21:2; also Jeremiah 49:34–39). The exact location of Kir is unknown (see also Amos 1:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Elam--the country stretching east from the Lower Tigris, answering to what was afterwards called Persia (see on Is 21:2). Later, Elam was a province of Persia (Ezr 4:9). In Sennacherib's time, Elam was subject to Assyria (2Ki 18:11), and so furnished a contingent to its invading armies. Famed for the bow (Is 13:18; Jr 49:35), in which the Ethiopians alone excelled them. with chariots of men and horsemen--that is, they used the bow both in chariots and…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 22:6

• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Kir
• Quiver
• Shield

In the dictionaries

• Elam
• Elam; Elamites
• Bow
• Discover
• Eat
• Hew
• Quiver
• Sennacherib
• Shield
• Archery

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