Isaiah 22:2

Thou that wast full of stir, a town of tumult, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

3All thy rulers have fled together, they are taken prisoners without the bow: all that are found of thee are made prisoners together; they were fleeing far off.

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Cross References

Isaiah 23:7Is this your joyous [city], whose antiquity is of ancient days? Her feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

Isaiah 37:33Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

Jeremiah 14:18If I go forth into the field, behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, behold them that pine away with famine! For both prophet and priest shall go about into a land that they know not.

Jeremiah 52:6In the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

Lamentations 4:9The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

Amos 6:3Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

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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