Isaiah 22:5
For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, the Lord of hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains."
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In The King James Version
In Context
6Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
Cross References
2 Kings 25:10All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
Isaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard.I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up.I will break down its wall of it, and it will be trampled down.
Isaiah 22:1The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
Isaiah 37:3They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.
Lamentations 1:5Her adversaries have become the head, her enemies prosper;for the Lord has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions:her young children have gone into captivity before the adversary.VAV
Lamentations 2:8The Lord has determined to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion.He has stretched out the line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying.He has made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.TET
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 →