The burden of the (a) valley of vision. What (b) aileth thee now, that thou hast wholly gone up to the housetops?
(a) Meaning, Judea, which was compassed about with mountains, and was called the valley of visions, because of the prophets, who were always there, whom they named Seers.
(b) He speaks to Jerusalem, whose inhabitants fled up to the housetops for fear of their enemies.
CHAPTER XXII _Prophecy concerning Jerusalem_, 1-14. _Sentence against Shebna, who was over the household_, 15-19. _Prophecy concerning Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah_, 20, 21. _From Eliakim, Isaiah,...
THE BURDEN - (see the note at Isaiah 13:1). “The valley” גיא _gay'_. Septuagint, Φάραγγος _Pharangos_ - ‘Valley.’ Chaldee, ‘The burden of the prophecy respecting the city which dwells (that is, is bu...
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...
BURDEN. oracle. VALLEY OF VISION. The Septuagint and Arabic versions render it Jerusalem, in relation to the high hills around. Similar names: "inhabitant of the valley, "rock of the plain" (Jeremiah...
_The burden of the valley of vision_ Or, THE ORACLE "VALLEY OF VISION." The heading (prefixed by an editor) is taken from a phrase in Isaiah 22:5 (see the note). _What aileth thee now_ Better: WHAT M...
The joy of the people and the sorrow of the prophet....
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 BURDEN OF THE VALLEY OF VISION— The seventh discourse of the second book, contained in this chapter, relates to the calamity of the people of Jerusalem, and to the fall of Shebna. Besides the insc...
WHAT AILETH THEE NOW, &C.— The former part of this discourse sets forth the distress of Jerusalem from the Chaldees and Assyrians; and in these verses we have, _first,_ the fate of the city; the commo...
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...
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? Isaiah 22:1.-PROPHECY AS TO AN ATTACK ON JERUSALEM: that by Sennacherib, in the 14th year of...
VALLEY OF VISION] This expression in the title is evidently taken from Isaiah 22:5. It is generally understood to signify Jerusalem. HOUSETOPS] the natural place of concourse (Judges 16:27). The city...
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...
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...
The order of events is not clear to us today. But many people’s joy about the defeat of Babylon would not last long. The army that overcame Babylon will next head south. Then that army will attack Jud...
מַשָּׂ֖א גֵּ֣יא חִזָּיֹ֑ון מַה ־לָּ֣ךְ אֵפֹ֔וא...
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...
The valley of vision: Jerusalem. The temple of Jerusalem was built upon Mount Moria, or on the mountain of vision. But the city is here called, the valley of vision, either because it was lower than t...
CONTENTS The invasion of the land of Judah, is here predicted, and sad events implicated in it: but towards the close, there are many precious promises, typical, as it should seem, of Judah's deliver...
The valley of vision, must mean Judah, for the Psalmist describes it as such, Psalms 125:2. And the holy city, Jerusalem, is called a land of vision, on account of the prophet's dwelling in it, and de...
1._The burden of the valley of vision. _Isaiah again prophesies against Judea, which he calls _the valley of vision_. He gives this appellation to the whole of Judea rather than to Jerusalem, of which...
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...
THE BURDEN OF THE VALLEY OF VISION,.... A prophecy concerning Jerusalem, so called, because it lay in a valley, encompassed about with mountains, and which was the habitation of the prophets or seers,...
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? Ver. 1. _The burden._] See Isaiah 13:1 . _ Of the valley of vision,_] _i.e., _ Of Zion or Jeru...
_The burden of the valley of vision_ Of Judah, and especially of Jerusalem, called a _valley_, because a great part of it stood in a valley between the opposite hills of Zion and Acra, and between Acr...
THE ORACLE OF THE VALLEY OF VISION...
The burden of the Valley of Vision, literally, "of the Valley of Visions," that is, Jerusalem, where God vouchsafed revelations and visions in larger number than elsewhere, for which reason Jerome cal...
1-7 Why is Jerusalem in such terror? Her slain men are not slain with the sword, but with famine; or, slain with fear, disheartened. Their rulers fled, but were overtaken. The servants of God, who for...
ISAIAH CHAPTER 22 The anguish of Judah: the prophet much grieved, ISAIAH 22:1, by the Persians, Medes, and Assyrians, ISAIAH 22:6,7. He reproveth their human wisdom, ISAIAH 22:8, and profane joy,...
Isaiah 22:1 burden H4853 Valley H1516 Vision H2384 now H645 up H5927 (H8804) housetops H1406 the valley -...
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...
BURDEN See note 1, (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 13:1). _...
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...
_The burden of the valley of vision_ “THE VALLEY OF VISION” This expression is applied to Jerusalem, where Jehovah was pleased to give visions concerning His will to His servants. (_B. Blake, B. D....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:1 The fourth oracle shows the light of the world, Jerusalem, growing dark. ⇐ ⇔...
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 Samuel 11:5; 1 Samuel 3:1; 2 Kings 6:28; 2 Samuel 14:5; Deuteronom
The valley — Of Judah; and especially of Jerusalem, called a valley, because great part of it flood in a valley; and the valley of vision, because of the many and clear visions or revelations of God's...