Isaiah 22:7 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 22:7

Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.

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ASV

And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.

KJV

And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

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Commentary

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Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verses 7-9.) And he took Elam, the quiver, the chariot of a man, and the shield uncovered the wall. And your chosen valleys will be full of chariots, and horsemen will set their seats at the gate. And the covering of Judah will be revealed, and on that day you will see the arsenal of the house of the forest. And you will see the breaches of the city of David, for they are multiplied. LXX: But the Elamites took quivers, climbers, men upon horses, and a gathering of fighters.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Thy choicest valleys - Hebrew, ‘The choice of thy galleys;’ meaning the most fertile and most valued lands in the vicinity of the city. The rich and fertile vales around Jerusalem would be occupied by the armies of the Assyrian monarch. What occurs in this verse and the following verses to Isa 22:14, is a prophetic description of what is presented historically in Isa. 36, and 2 Chr. 32. The coincidence is so exact, that it leaves no room to doubt that the invasion here described was that which took place under Sennacherib.

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9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֥י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
מִבְחַר־	miv.char-	[the] choicest of	H4005 →
עֲמָקַ֖יִךְ	'a.ma.Ka.yikh	valleys your	H6010 →
מָ֣לְאוּ	Mal.'u	they were full	H4390 →
רָ֑כֶב	Ra.khev	chariotry	H7393 →
וְהַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים	ve.ha.Pa.ra.Shim	and the horsemen	H6571 →
שֹׁ֖ת	shot	certainly <to take a stand>	H7896 →
שָׁ֥תוּ	Sha.tu	they took a stand	H7896 →
הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃	ha.Sha.'e.rah	the gate towards	H8179 →

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Through
Isaiah 37:34
He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
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- Isaiah 37:29
  Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- Proverbs 21:30
  There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

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