Isaiah 22:8

And He removed the masakh Yehudah (covering of Yehudah, defense, protection). Thou didst look in that day to the armor of the bais of the forest. + 22:8 the Kingʼs armory

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 it shall come to pass, 1 that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, 1 and the parashim shall set themselves in array at the sha'ar. 1

9Ye have seen also the damage of Ir Dovid, that they are many; and ye gathered together the waters of the Lower Pool.

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Cross References

1 Kings 7:2He built also the Bais Ya'ar HaLevanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the width thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

1 Kings 14:27And Melech Rechav'am made in their place moginnim of nechoshet, and committed them unto the hands of the commanders of the guard, which were the shomrim at the petach of the Bais HaMelech.

Isaiah 36:1Now it came to pass in the fourteenth shanah of Melech Chizkiyah, that Sancheriv Melech Ashur came up against all the fortified cities of Yehudah, and captured 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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