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Isaiah 22:1

Isaiah 22:1
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The burden - (see the note at Isa 13:1). “The valley” גיא gay'. Septuagint, Φάραγγος Pharangos - ‘Valley.’ Chaldee, ‘The burden of the prophecy respecting the city which dwells (that is, is built) in…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 22:1-7

The title of this prophecy is very observable. It is the burden of the valley of vision, of Judah and Jerusalem; so all agree. Fitly enough is Jerusalem called a valley, for the mountains were round…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Isaiah 22:1-14

Isa 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 the…