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Isaiah 22:2

1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

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 the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.
DARBY
Thou that wast full of stir, a town of tumult, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
BLB
full of noise O city murmuring, O jubilant town? Your slain [are] not those slain [by] the sword, and they were not killed in battle.
ÅB
Du larmfulle, du brusende stad, du jublende by! Dine drepte er ikke drept med sverd og ikke død i krig.
OTB
Du by full av støy, du urolige by, du by av jubel. Dine døde ble ikke drept med sverd, og de omkom ikke i kamp.
B1930
Du larmfulle, du brusende stad, du jublende by! Dine drepte er ikke drept med sverd og ikke død i krig.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 32:13

    Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

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  • Jeremiah 14:18

    If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

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  • Lamentations 2:20

    Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

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  • Isaiah 23:7

    Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

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  • Jeremiah 52:6

    And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

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  • Lamentations 4:9–10

    They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

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  • Jeremiah 38:2

    Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

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  • Amos 6:3–6

    Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

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