Isaiah 22:4

Therefore said I, 1 Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, 1 labor not to comfort me, 1 because of the shod (catastrophe) of Bat Ami. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

In Context

3All thy rulers are fled together, 1 they are captured by the keshet (bow); 1 all that are found in thee are captured together, 1 which have fled far away. 1

5For it is a day of tumult, and of treading down, 1 and of confusion by Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os in the Gey Chizayon (valley of vision), 1 battering down the walls, and of crying to the har. 1

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Cross References

Ruth 1:20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, + 1:20 Pleasant call me Mara; + 1:20 Bitter for Shaddai hath dealt very bitterly with me.

Psalms 77:2I cried unto Elohim with my voice, 1 even unto Elohim with my voice; and He gave ear unto me. 1

Isaiah 33:7Behold, their valiant ones shall cry in the street; 1 the malachei shalom shall weep bitterly. 1

Jeremiah 6:26O Bat Ami, gird thee with sackcloth, 1 and roll thyself in ashes; 1 make thee evel (mourning), as for a yachid (only son), 1 most bitter lamentation; 1 for the shoded (destroyer) shall suddenly come upon us. 1

Jeremiah 9:1Oh that I had in the midbar 1 a malon orkhim (travelersʼ lodge); 1 that I might leave my people, 1 and go from them! 1 For they are all no'afim (adulterers), 1 an atzeret bogedim (band of treacherous traitors). 1

Jeremiah 31:15Thus saith Hashem: 1 Refrain thy voice from weeping, 1 and thine eyes from tears; 1 for sachar (reward) there will be for thy labor, saith Hashem; 1 and they shall return from the eretz oyev (land of the enemy). 1

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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