New Living Translation
Isaiah 22:7
7Chariots fill your beautiful valleys, and charioteers storm your gates.
Isaiah 22:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
- New International Version (NIV)Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the city gates.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.
- New King James Version (NKJV)It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full of chariots, And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
Context of Isaiah 22:7
5Oh, what a day of crushing defeat! What a day of confusion and terror brought by the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, upon the Valley of Vision! The walls of Jerusalem have been broken, and cries of death echo from the mountainsides. 6Elamites are the archers, with their chariots and charioteers. The men of Kir hold up the shields. Chariots fill your beautiful valleys, and charioteers storm your gates. 8Judah’s defenses have been stripped away. You run to the armory for your weapons. 9You inspect the breaks in the walls of Jerusalem. You store up water in the lower pool.
Read all of Isaiah 22Isaiah 22:7 word by word
וַיְהִ֥י מִבְחַר־עֲמָקַ֖יִךְ מָ֣לְאוּ רָ֑כֶב וְהַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים שֹׁ֖ת שָׁ֥תוּ הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 22:7
- Isaiah 8:7Therefore, the Lord will overwhelm them with a mighty flood from the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria and all his glory. This flood will overflow all its channels
- Isaiah 10:28Look, the Assyrians are now at Aiath. They are passing through Migron and are storing their equipment at Micmash.
- Isaiah 37:34The king will return to his own country by the same road on which he came. He will not enter this city,’ says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 39:1In January of the ninth year of King Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came with his entire army to besiege Jerusalem.
Commentaries on Isaiah 22:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Thy choicest valleys - Hebrew, The choice of thy galleys;‘ meaning the most fertile and most valued lands in the vicinity of the city. The rich and fertile vales around Jerusalem would be occupied by the armies of the Assyrian monarch. What occurs in this verse and the following verses to Isaiah 22:14, is a prophetic description of what is presented historically in Isaiah 36:11-13.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Your choicest valleys: This refers to the Kidron and Hinnom valleys, which were located to the east and south of Jerusalem.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. valleys--east, north, and south of Jerusalem: Hinnom on the south side was the richest valley. in array at the gate--Rab-shakeh stood at the upper pool close to the city (Is 36:11-13).Read the comment
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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
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