Isaiah 22:1

The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 22:8+ 22:8. Deut 22:8 (#6.419): T. To build a barrier around the corner and edges of your rooftops that no one may fall from it / R. Make a guard rail around flat roofs + 22:8. Deut 22:8 (#6.420): T. This command is not found in the straightforward text, it is implied / R. Not to leave harmful objects on a path / R. Not to allow pitfalls and obstacles to remain on your property When you build a new house, then you shall make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring blood on your house if anyone falls from there.

Psalms 114:5What was it, you sea, that you fled? 2 You Jordan [Descender], that you turned back? 1

Psalms 147:19He shows his word to Jacob [Supplanter]; 2 his statutes and his judgments to Israel [God prevails]. 1

Isaiah 13:1The burden of Babylon [Confusion], which Isaiah [Salvation of Yah] the son of Amoz saw:

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 22:1

We have now come nearer home, for this chapter is "the burden of the valley of vision," Jerusalem; other places had their burden for the sake of their being concerned in some way or other with Jerusalem, and were reckoned with either as spiteful enemies or deceitful friends to the people of God; but now let Jerusalem hear her own doom. This chapter concerns, I. The city of Jerusalem itself and the neighbourhood depending upon it. Here is, 1. A prophecy of the grievous distress they should shortly be brought into… Read the whole commentary →

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