Isaiah 22:4

Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

One Unity Resource 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 your rulers fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were bound together. They fled far away.

5For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from 'Adonay, Adonai Tzva'ot [Lord, Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.”

Read all of Isaiah 22

Cross References

Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought 'Adonay [Lord]. 2 My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. 2 My soul refused to be comforted. 1

Isaiah 33:7Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; 2 the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly. 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Isaiah 22:4