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Isaiah 22:3

1 This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

2 O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.

All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.

4 Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

5 For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

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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
All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off.
DARBY
All thy rulers have fled together, they are taken prisoners without the bow: all that are found of thee are made prisoners together; they were fleeing far off.
BLB
All your rulers have fled together, without a bow they are bound; all those being found in you are bound together; they have fled far away.
ÅB
Dine høvdinger har alle sammen flyktet bort, uten bue er de fanget; alle som fantes i deg, er fanget, enda de hadde flyktet langt bort.
OTB
Alle dine ledere har flyktet sammen; de er blitt fanget uten bruk av bue. Alle dere som ble oppdaget ble tatt til fange sammen, selv om dere hadde flyktet langt bort.
B1930
Dine høvdinger har alle sammen flyktet bort, uten bue er de fanget; alle som fantes i dig, er fanget, enda de hadde flyktet langt bort.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 3:1–8

    For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,

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  • 2 Kings 25:4–7

    Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

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  • 2 Kings 25:18–21

    The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

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  • Jeremiah 52:24–27

    The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

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  • Jeremiah 39:4–7

    When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.

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