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Isaiah 22:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield. "
Isaiah 22:6
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4 Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
5 For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity from the Lord, GOD of Armies, in the valley of vision, a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.”
6 Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
8 He took away the covering of Judah; and you looked in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.
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Isaiah 22:1
"The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?"
Isaiah 22:2
"You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town, your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle."
Isaiah 22:3
"All your rulers fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were bound together. They fled far away."
Isaiah 22:4
"Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people."
Isaiah 22:5
"For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity from the Lord, GOD of Armies, in the valley of vision, a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.”"
Isaiah 22:7
"Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate."
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