Isaiah 22:1
This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- A.M. cir
- 3292. B.C. cir. 712. the valley. Jerusalem being situated in the midst of surrounding hills, and the seat of Divine revelation, is here termed "the valley of vision." This prophecy foretells the invasion of Jerusalem by the Assyrians under Sennacherib; and probably also, by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar.
- Psalm 125:2; Jeremiah 21:13
- of vision
- 1 Samuel 3:1; Psalm 147:19, 20; Proverbs 29:18; Micah 3:6; Romans 3:2; Romans 9:4, 5
- What
- Genesis 21:17; Judges 18:23; 1 Samuel 11:5; 2 Samuel 14:5; 2 Kings 6:28; Psalm 114:5
- that thou
- The eastern houses are built with a court within, into which chiefly the windows open; those that open to the street being so obstructed with lattice work, that no one can see through them. Whenever, therefore, any thing is to be seen or heard in the streets, any public spectacle, or any alarm, everyone immediately goes up to the house-top to satisfy his curiosity. Hence all the people running to the top of their houses, gives a lively image of a sudden general alarm.
- Isaiah 15:3; Deuteronomy 22:8; Jeremiah 48:38