Isaiah 22:4

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

5For there is a day of tumult, treading down, and confusion for the Lord Yahweh of hosts, 1 in the Valley of Vision, a breaking down of the walls, and people crying out to the mountains. 1

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Cross References

Ruth 1:20But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi. Call me Bitter, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; 1 at night I stretched my hands out, and they would not become tired. 1 My soul refused to be comforted. 1

Isaiah 33:7Look, their envoys cry in the streets; the diplomats hoping for peace weep bitterly. 1

Jeremiah 6:26Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes; 1 mourn with painful sobs as for an only son, 1 for the destroyer will suddenly come upon us. 1

Jeremiah 9:1If only my head could produce water, and my eyes be a fountain of tears! 1 For I wish to weep day and night for those among the daughter of my people who have been killed. 1

Jeremiah 31:15Yahweh says this: “A voice is heard in Ramah, wailing and bitter weeping. 1 It is Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted over them, for they live no longer.” 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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