Isaiah 22:12

And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call vnto weeping and mourning, and to baldnes and girding with sackecloth.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

In Context

11And haue also made a ditche betweene the two walles, for the waters of the olde poole, and haue not looked vnto the maker thereof, neither had respect vnto him that formed it of olde.

13And beholde, ioy and gladnes, slaying oxen and killing sheepe, eating flesh, and drinking wine, eating and drinking: for to morowe we shall die.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 35:25And Ieremiah lamented Iosiah, and al singing men and singing women mourned for Iosiah in their lamentations to this day, and made the same for an ordinance vnto Israel: and beholde, they be written in the lamentations.

Nehemiah 8:9Then Nehemiah (which is Tirshatha) and Ezra the Priest and scribe, and the Leuites that instructed the people, saide vnto all the people, This day is holie vnto ye Lord your God: mourne not, neither weepe: for all the people wept, whe they heard the words of the Lawe.

Job 1:20Then Iob arose, and rent his garment, and shaued his head, and fel downe vpon the ground, and worshipped,

Ecclesiastes 3:11He hath made euery thing beautifull in his time: also he hath set the worlde in their heart, yet can not man finde out the worke that God hath wrought from the beginning euen to the end.

Isaiah 37:1And when the King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth and came into the House of the Lord.

Jeremiah 4:8Wherefore girde you with sackecloth: lament, and howle, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is not turned backe from vs.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 22:9-15

Contempt of Divine Goodness; Contempt of Divine Judgments. ( b. c. 718.) 8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. 9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. 10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. 11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not… Read the whole commentary →

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