Isaiah 22:1
The oracle on the valley of vision,—What aileth thee, then, That thou art wholly gone up to the house-tops?
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Deuteronomy 22:8When thou buildest a new house, then shalt thou make a parapet to thy roof, so shalt thou not treasure up blood-guiltiness against thy house, for he that is in danger of falling might fall therefrom.
1 Samuel 3:1Now, the boy Samuel, was ministering unto Yahweh, before Eli,—and, the word of Yahweh, had become rare in those days, there was no well-known vision.
2 Samuel 14:5And the king said to her—What aileth thee? And she said—Of a truth, a widow woman, am I, for my husband is dead.
Psalms 114:5What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, that thou turnest back?
Psalms 147:19Declaring his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his regulations, unto Israel.
Isaiah 13:1The oracle on Babylon,—of which Isaiah, son of Amoz had vision:—
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 22:1
We have now come nearer home, for this chapter is "the burden of the valley of vision," Jerusalem; other places had their burden for the sake of their being concerned in some way or other with Jerusalem, and were reckoned with either as spiteful enemies or deceitful friends to the people of God; but now let Jerusalem hear her own doom. This chapter concerns, I. The city of Jerusalem itself and the neighbourhood depending upon it. Here is, 1. A prophecy of the grievous distress they should shortly be brought into… Read the whole commentary →