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AND YE HAVE NUMBERED THE HOUSES OF JERUSALEM - That is, you have taken
an estimate of their number so as to ascertain how many can be spared
to be pulled down to repair the walls; or you have made an...
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CHAPTER 22
The Burden of the Valley of Vision (Jerusalem)
1. _Jerusalem's deplorable state (Isaiah 22:1)_ 2. _The invading
armies (Isaiah 22:5)_ 3. _The siege and the calamity (Isaiah 22:8)_ 4.
Shebn...
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JERUSALEM'S INEXCUSABLE FRIVOLITY. The prophecy apparently belongs to
the time of Sennacherib's invasion. Its menacing tone contrasts with
that of some other prophecies of the time. The people had pro...
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_And ye have numbered the houses_ AND YE NUMBERED, apparently to see
which could best be spared for the purpose specified in the next
clause, "to fortify the wall," cf. Jeremiah 33:4....
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The preparations for the siege. Cf. 2 Chronicles 32:2-5; 2Ch 32:30; 2
Kings 20:20....
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Isaiah 22:1-14. The inexpiable sin of Jerusalem
The key to this passage the most lurid and minatory of all Isaiah's
prophecies is the irreconcileable antagonism between the mood of the
prophet and th...
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AND THOU DIDST LOOK IN THAT DAY, &C.— Or, _And thou shalt look,_ &c.
The verbs may be rendered throughout in the future. The third member
of the former part contains the causes of these judgments; nam...
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
2.
JUDAH
a. IRREVERENT ATTITUDES
TEXT: Isaiah 22:1-14
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The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou
art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2
O thou that...
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And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye
broken down to fortify the wall.
NUMBERED THE HOUSES OF JERUSALEM - namely, in order to see which of
them may be pulled down wi...
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JERUSALEM REBUKED
A severe rebuke of the conduct of the people of Jerusalem in a time of
calamity. The crisis refered to cannot be certainly identified. The
difficulty in assigning the passage to Sen...
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NUMBERED] to see what material could be spared for strengthening the
fortifications....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 22
GOD WARNS *JERUSALEM
V1 (A special message that God gave to Isaiah about *Jerusal...
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וְ אֶת ־בָּתֵּ֥י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם
סְפַרְתֶּ֑ם וַ...
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BOOK 4
JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB
701 B.C.
INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the
Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s
1, 22 and 33, wit...
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In the midst of the prophecies concerning the nations occurs one of
protest against the indifference of Jerusalem to the prophet's
messages. He first describes the joyous people as they stand in
contr...
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And ye have numbered the houses (m) of Jerusalem, and the houses have
ye broken down to fortify the wall.
(m) Either to pull down such as might hurt, or else to know what men
they were able to make....
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Whatever were the histories in the siege of Judah, as this scripture
records, I stay not to inquire; but I think, without violence to the
expressions, by the uncovering of Judah, and the breaches of t...
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10._And you numbered the houses of Jerusalem. _He means that the city
was closely examined on all sides, that there might not be a house or
building which was not defended. Others think that the house...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah
will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of
Je...
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AND YE HAVE NUMBERED THE HOUSES OF JERUSALEM,.... To know what number
of men were in them, and how many could be spared to do duty, either
as watchmen or soldiers; or to know how to levy the tax, and...
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And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye
broken down to fortify the wall.
Ver. 10. _And ye have numbered._] This they did not till now, that
they might make the city more...
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_And he_ Namely, the enemy Sennacherib, of whose invasion he seems to
speak; _discovered the covering of Judah_ Took those fenced cities
which were a covering or safeguard, both to the people of Judah...
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And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, examining them for
purposes of defense, AND THE HOUSES HAVE YE BROKEN DOWN TO FORTIFY THE
WALL, repairing the breaches of the walls with the stones from t...
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THE ORACLE OF THE VALLEY OF VISION...
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8-14 The weakness of Judah now appeared more than ever. Now also they
discovered their carnal confidence and their carnal security. They
looked to the fortifications. They made sure of water for the...
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Isaiah 22:10 numbered H5608 (H8804) houses H1004 Jerusalem H3389
houses H1004 down H5422 (H8799) fortify H1219 ...
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GOD'S PEOPLE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN EXCESSIVE AND UNJUSTIFIED HILARITY
RESULTING FROM FALSE CONFIDENCE, OR MOURNING OVER SIN AND TRUSTING IN
HIM (ISAIAH 22:1)
Jerusalem is seen as having become a scene o...
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CONTENTS: The burden of the valley of vision, telling of coming
grievous distress.
CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah, Elam, Kir, Shebna, Eliakim.
CONCLUSION: When God threatens His people with judgment, He ex...
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Isaiah 22:1. _The valley of vision._ A valley near Jerusalem, so
called because of a school of the prophets said to have been there.
Isaiah 22:3. _All thy rulers are fled._ All thy captains of hundred...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:1 The fourth oracle shows the light of the
world, Jerusalem, growing dark.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:8 These verses show the irony of pursuing
military readiness while neglecting the sovereign God who controls the
situation.
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 22:1
A PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM. The prophet, present in Jerusalem,
either actually, or at any rate in spirit, _sees _the inhabitants
crowded together upon the housetops, in a sta...
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Now in chapter 22 he turns his attention to Jerusalem, which is
referred to as the valley of vision. And this is,
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that you've
gone up to the h...
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Deuteronomy 7:5; Exodus 34:13; Leviticus 15:13; Leviticus 15:28;...
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Numbered — That they might exactly know their own strength. The
houses — Which stood upon or without the walls, and so gave their
enemies advantage, and hindered the fortifying the city....