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Isaiah 22:18 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. "
Isaiah 22:18
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What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover
He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.
And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
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Isaiah 22:1
"The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?"
Isaiah 22:2
"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."
Isaiah 22:3
"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."
Isaiah 22:4
"Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people."
Isaiah 22:5
"For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains."
Isaiah 22:6
"And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield."
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