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Isaiah 22:3

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

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 3:1–8

    For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

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  • 2 Kings 25:4–7

    And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.

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  • 2 Kings 25:18–21

    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

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  • Jeremiah 52:24–27

    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

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  • Jeremiah 39:4–7

    And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.

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