Therefore I say, “Look away from me,
Let me (A)weep bitterly,
Do not [a]try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
(B)For the Lord [b]God of armies has a (C)day of panic, (D)subjugation, and confusion
(E)In the valley of vision,
A breaking down of walls
And a crying [c]to the mountain.
(F)Elam picked up the quiver,
With the chariots, [d]infantry, and horsemen;
And (G)Kir uncovered the shield.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:4 Lit insist
  2. Isaiah 22:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  3. Isaiah 22:5 Or against
  4. Isaiah 22:6 Lit man

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