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Isaiah 22:5

Isaiah 22:5
For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For it is a day of trouble,.... To Hezekiah, and also Jerusalem, and all the inhabitants of the land:

and of treading down; the people of it by Sennacherib's army, like mire in the streets, when…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For it is a day of trouble and of treading down - When our enemies trample on everything sacred and dear to us, and endanger all our best interests (see Psa 44:6; Luk 21:24). And of perplexity - 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 22:5-7

The connexion here becomes very uncertain. It seems clear that Isa 22:22 (from its form) must refer to the future, while Isa 22:8-11 undoubtedly go back to what is past. The transition must apparently…