Isaiah 22:1-3

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God’s Message to Jerusalem

22 This is a message^[a] about the Valley of Vision^[b]:

Jerusalem, what is wrong?
    Why has everyone gone up to hide in their upper rooms?
²This city was so happy,
    but now there is a terrible uproar.
There are bodies lying everywhere,
    but they were not killed with swords.
The people died,
    but not while fighting.
³All your officers ran away together,
    but they have all been captured without bows.^[c]
All the leaders ran away together,
    but they were found and captured.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 22:1 message Or “burden.”
Isaiah 22:1 Valley of Vision This probably means one of the valleys near Jerusalem. Also in verse 5.
Isaiah 22:3 but they have … bows Or “but the archers captured them.”