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Isaiah 22:4 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 22 · verse 4
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.Isaiah 22:4 · King James Version
Isaiah 22:4 in context
2Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
3All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
4Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
5For 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.
6And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- bitterlymârarto be bitterH4843 →
- spoilingshôdviolence, ravageH7701 →
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- comfortnâchamproperly, to sighH5162 →
- labourʼûwtsto pressH213 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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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 about it, and the land of Judah abounded with fruitful valleys;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7