Isaiah 22:7

And your most fertile valleys were full of war-carriages, and the horsemen took up their positions in front of the town.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6And Elam was armed with arrows, and Aram came on horseback; and the breastplate of Kir was uncovered.

8He took away the cover of Judah; and in that day you were looking with care at the store of arms in the house of the woods.

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Cross References

Isaiah 8:7For this cause the Lord is sending on them the waters of the River, deep and strong, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it will come up through all its streams, overflowing all its edges:

Isaiah 37:34By the way he came he will go back, and he will not get into this town.

Ezekiel 4:2And make an attack on it, shutting it in, building strong places against it, and making high an earthwork against it; and put up tents against it, placing engines all round it for smashing down its walls.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 22:2-8

The Consternation of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 718.) 1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? 2 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. 3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far. 4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of… Read the whole commentary →

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