Isaiah 22:8

He 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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In The King James Version

And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

In Context

7And your most fertile valleys were full of war-carriages, and the horsemen took up their positions in front of the town.

9And you saw all the broken places in the wall of the town of David: and you got together the waters of the lower pool.

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Cross References

1 Kings 7:2And he made the house of the Woods of Lebanon, which was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high, resting on four lines of cedar-wood pillars with cedar-wood supports on the pillars.

1 Kings 14:27So in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass, and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.

Isaiah 36:1And it came about in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah that Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the walled towns of Judah and took them.

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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