Isaiah 22:5

For 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.

In Context

4Therefore 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

6And Eilam bore the ashpah (quiver) 1 with chariots of adam and parashim, 1 and Kir uncovered the mogen (shield). 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:10And all the army of the Kasdim (Chaldeans), that were with the captain of the guard, broke down the chomot (walls) around Yerushalayim.

Isaiah 5:5And now then; 1 I will tell you now what I will do to my kerem (vineyard): 1 I will take away the hedge thereof, 1 and it shall be grazed upon; 1 and break down the wall thereof, 1 and it shall be trampled down; 1

Isaiah 22:1The massa (burden) of the Gey Chizayon (Valley of Vision): 1 What is it to thee now, 1 that thou art all gone up to the rooftops? 1

Isaiah 37:3And they said unto him, Thus saith Chizkiyah, This yom is a yom tzarah, and of tokhechah, and of ne'atzah; for the banim are come to the mashber, and there is not ko'ach to bring forth.

Lamentations 1:5Her adversaries are now the rosh (supreme, master); 1 her enemies prosper; 1 for Hashem hath afflicted her 1 because of the multitude of her peysha'im (transgressions); 1 her olalim (little children) are gone 1 into captivity before the enemy. 1

Lamentations 2:8Hashem hath purposed to destroy 1 the Chomat Bat Tziyon; 1 He hath stretched out a measuring line, 1 He hath not withdrawn His hand from destroying; 1 therefore He made the rampart and the chomah to lament; 1 they languished together. 1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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