You who were full of noise,
You tumultuous town, you (A)jubilant city;
Your dead were (B)not killed with the sword,
Nor [a]did they die in battle.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:2 Lit dead in battle

you town so full of commotion,
    you city of tumult(A) and revelry?(B)
Your slain(C) were not killed by the sword,(D)
    nor did they die in battle.

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13 (A)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up;
Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the (B)jubilant city.

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13 and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers(A)
yes, mourn(B) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.(C)

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