Isaiah 22:7

It will come about that your choicest valleys 1 will be full of chariots, and the horsemen will take their positions at the gate. 1

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And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

In Context

6Elam takes up the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen, 1 and Kir lays the shield bare. 1

8He took away the protection of Judah; 1 and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 8:7therefore the Lord is about to bring up on them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. 1 It will come up over all its channels and overflow its banks. 1

Isaiah 37:34The way by which he came will be the same way he will leave; he will not enter this city—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

Ezekiel 4:2Then lay siege against it, and build forts against it. Raise up an assault ramp against it and set camps around it. Place battering rams all around it.

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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