Isaiah 22:2

Full of stirs — a noisy city — an exulting city, Thy pierced are not pierced of the sword, Nor dead in battle.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1The burden of the Valley of Vision. What — to thee, now, that thou hast gone up, All of thee — to the roofs?

3All thy rulers fled together from the bow, Bound have been all found of thee, They have been kept bound together, Afar off they have fled.

Read all of Isaiah 22

Cross References

Isaiah 23:7Is this your exulting one? From the days of old [is] her antiquity, Carry her do her own feet afar off to sojourn.

Isaiah 37:33Therefore, thus said Jehovah, Concerning the king of Asshur: He doth not come in unto this city, Nor doth he shoot there an arrow, Nor doth he come before it [with] shield, Nor doth he pour out against it a mount.

Jeremiah 14:18If I have gone forth to the field, Then, lo, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered the city, Then, lo, the diseased of famine! For both prophet and priest have gone up and down Unto a land that they knew not.

Jeremiah 52:6In the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath been no bread for the people of the land,

Lamentations 4:9Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.

Amos 6:3Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence,

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Isaiah 22:2