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 Living Translation (NLT)The whole city is in a terrible uproar. What do I see in this reveling city? Bodies are lying everywhere, killed not in battle but by famine and disease.

Context of Isaiah 22:2

1The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops, 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. 3All your rulers have fled together; They are captured by the archers. All who are found in you are bound together; They have fled from afar. 4Therefore 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.”

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 22:12And in that day the Lord God of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
• Isaiah 23:7Is this your joyous city, Whose antiquity is from ancient days, Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?
• Isaiah 32:13On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers, Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city;
• Amos 6:3Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who cause the seat of violence to come near;
• Isaiah 37:33“Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: ‘He shall not come into this city, Nor shoot an arrow there, Nor come before it with shield, Nor build a siege mound against it.
• Jeremiah 14:18If I go out to the field, Then behold, those slain with the sword! And if I enter the city, Then behold, those sick from famine! Yes, both prophet and priest go about in a land they do not know.’ ”
• Jeremiah 28:3Within two full years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.
• Jeremiah 52:6By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
• Lamentations 2:20“See, O Lord, and consider! To whom have You done this? Should the women eat their offspring, The children they have cuddled? Should the priest and prophet be slain In the sanctuary of the Lord?
• Lamentations 4:9Those slain by the sword are better off Than those who die of hunger; For these pine away, Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field.

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