For it is a day of trouble, and of ruin, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the city: and a [a]crying unto the mountains.

¶ And Elam [b]bare the quiver in a man’s chariot with horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

And thy chief valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array against the gate.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:5 That is, the shout of the enemies whom God had appointed to destroy the city.
  2. Isaiah 22:6 He putteth them in mind how God delivered them once from Sennacherib, who brought the Persians and Cyrenians with him, that they might by returning to God avoid that great plague which they should else suffer by Nebuchadnezzar.

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