(A)All your rulers have fled together,
And have been captured [a]without the bow;
All of you who were found were taken captive together,
[b]Though they had fled far away.
Therefore I say, “Turn your eyes away from me,
Let me (B)weep bitterly,
Do not [c]try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
(C)For the Lord [d]God of hosts has a (D)day of panic, (E)subjugation and confusion
(F)In the valley of vision,
A breaking down of walls
And a crying [e]to the mountain.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:3 Lit from a bow
  2. Isaiah 22:3 So with ancient versions; Heb They fled far away
  3. Isaiah 22:4 Lit insist
  4. Isaiah 22:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  5. Isaiah 22:5 Or against

All your leaders have fled(A) together;
    they have been captured(B) without using the bow.
All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,
    having fled while the enemy was still far away.
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep(C) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”(D)

The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day(E)
    of tumult and trampling(F) and terror(G)
    in the Valley of Vision,(H)
a day of battering down walls(I)
    and of crying out to the mountains.

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