Isaiah 22:3

All your rulers fled away together, but they were captured without using a bow; 1 all of them were captured together, though they had fled far away. 1

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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.

In Context

2Is it so you may hear a city full of noises, a town full of revelry? 1 Your dead were not killed with the sword, and they did not die in battle. 1

4Therefore I said, “Do not look at me, I will weep bitterly; 1 do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.” 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:7As for Zedekiah's sons, they slaughtered them before his eyes. Then he put out his eyes, bound him in bronze chains, and brought him to Babylon.

Isaiah 3:1See, the Lord Yahweh of hosts is about to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah 1 support and staff: the whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water, 1

Jeremiah 39:5But the army of Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of the Jordan River valley near Jericho. Then they captured him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where Nebuchadnezzar passed sentence on him.

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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