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Isaiah 22

Isaiah 22:1

The Valley of Vision · Isaiah 22:1–14
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Translations

Modern
This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,
Traditional
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
Literal
The burden of the Valley of Vision: What with you then, that you have gone up, all of you, to the rooftops,
Latin
Onus vallis Visionis. Quidnam quoque tibi est, quia ascendisti et tu omnis in tecta?

Original

Hebrew
English
This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

Notes

Isaiah 22:1

This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is unclear. If it refers to Jerusalem (see Isaiah 22:5), it is ironic. Jerusalem is on a hill, and people did not usually think visions came from a valley. Similarly, Jerusalem was proud of its supposed religious vision, but its people were spiritually blind (see Isaiah 6:10; 42:18).

Isaiah 22:1–4

The prophet scolds the people for celebrating the Assyrian retreat in 701 BC. They did not predict that the Babylonian army would later, in 586 BC, finish what the Assyrians could not: the destruction of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 22:1–25

This message addresses the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem in 701 BC (see Isaiah 36–37; 2 Kings 18:17–19:37). It may also refer to the people's preparation for the later Babylonian siege from 588 to 586 BC.

Events

Glossary

Battlement Book of Jeremiah Isaiah, Book of Oracle Parapet

Topics

Hinnom: Possibly Identical with the Valley of the Vision House: Architecture of Roofs, Flat Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Vision of Isaiah of the Valley of Vision