And he discovered, &c.— And the barrier of Judah shall be laid open. Lowth. This might be rendered, "And he shall dismantle the fortified cities of Judah." The meaning of the metaphor is, that the fortified cities covered Judaea as with a veil. What the prophet here expresses figuratively, is expressed literally in the history, ch. Isaiah 36:1 and 2 Chronicles 32:1.
Verse Isaiah 22:8. _THE ARMOUR_ - "The arsenal"] Built by Solomon within the city, and called the house of the forest of Lebanon; probably from the great quantity of cedar from Lebanon which was emplo...
AND HE DISCOVERED - Hebrew, ויגל _vay__e__gal_ - ‘He made naked, or bare.’ The expression, ‘He discovered,’ means simply that it “was” uncovered, without designating the agent. THE COVERING OF JUDAH -...
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...
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...
DISCOVERED. dismantled. COVERING. veil....
_he discovered the covering of Judah_ Probably "exposed the defencelessness of the state." The subj. may be Jehovah or the enemy, or it may be indefinite. The clause is virtually the protasis to the f...
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...
The preparations for the siege. Cf. 2 Chronicles 32:2-5; 2Ch 32:30; 2 Kings 20:20....
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO 2. JUDAH a. IRREVERENT ATTITUDES TEXT: Isaiah 22:1-14 1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? 2 O thou that...
And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. HE DISCOVERED THE COVERING OF JUDAH - the veil ( maacaak (H4539)) of Judah shall b...
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...
‘The House of the Forest’ was the royal store for weapons (military arms) in the palace (see 1 Kings 7:2-5 and 10:17). The room was called by this name because its beautiful wood came from the famous...
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...
וַ יְגַ֕ל אֵ֖ת מָסַ֣ךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַ תַּבֵּט֙
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...
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...
And he uncovered the (k) coverings of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. (k) The secret place where the armour was: that is, in the house of the forest,...
_Covering. Hebrew masac, (Haydock) "shade," for the convenience of the people, 4 Kings xvi. 18. --- Forest, built by Solomon. Ezechias has also procured store of arms, which were now delivered out to...
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...
8._And he took away the covering of Judah. _He shews in what distress of mind the Jews were when they were so closely besieged. Some refer this verb to God, and others to the enemy; but I rather think...
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...
AND HE DISCOVERED THE COVERING OF JUDAH,.... Either God himself, who uncloaked them of their hypocrisy, as Dr. Lightfoot; or took away his power and presence from them, and his protection of them, and...
And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. Ver. 8. _And he discovered the covering of Judah._] That is, he that is the enemy to...
_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...
THE ORACLE OF THE VALLEY OF VISION...
And He, the Lord God, DISCOVERED THE COVERING OF JUDAH, taking from the inhabitants of the country the veil which caused their blindness, and thou, Judah, DIDST LOOK IN THAT DAY TO THE ARMOR OF THE HO...
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...
HE; the enemy, Sennacherib, of whose invasion he seems to speak. THE COVERING OF JUDAH: he took those fenced cities, which were a covering or safeguard both to the people of Judah, who fled to them, a...
Isaiah 22:8 removed H1540 (H8762) protection H4539 Judah H3063 looked H5027 (H8686) day H3117 armor H5402 House...
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...
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...
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...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:1 The fourth oracle shows the light of the world, Jerusalem, growing dark. ⇐ ⇔...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:8 These verses show the irony of pursuing military readiness while neglecting the sovereign God who controls the situation. ⇐...
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...
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...
1 Kings 10:17; 1 Kings 14:27; 1 Kings 14:28; 1 Kings 7:2; Isaiah 36:1
He — The enemy. Covering — He took those fenced cities, which were a covering or safe — guard both to the people of Judah, and to Jerusalem. The armour — Thy trust was placed in the arm of flesh. The...