Isaiah 22:12

Translations

Modern

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Traditional

And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

Literal

And the Lord YHWH of Hosts called on that day for weeping, and for wailing, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth.

Latin

Et vocabit Dominus Deus exercituum in die illa ad fletum, et ad planctum, ad calvitium, et ad cingulum sacci;

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English

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Notes

Isaiah 22:12–14

Judah’s feasting and disobedience resulted in a prophecy of judgment.

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.

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Isaiah Messages Against the Nations Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiah

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Micah 1:16
Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.
Joel 1:13
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
Joel 2:17
Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
James 5:1
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
Amos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
Ecclesiastes 3:4
…a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Jonah 3:6
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Ezra 9:3
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.
Job 1:20
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
Nehemiah 9:9
You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
Nehemiah 8:9–12
Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.
2 Chronicles 35:25
Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.

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LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Elam (Place), Elamites Isaiah, Book of Mourning Sackcloth

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Obduracy In Baldness: Artificial, a Sign of Mourning Happiness of the Wicked: Leads to Recklessness Head: (Made Bald) of Heavy Judgments Judgments: should Lead to Contrition Pleasure: Worldly Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Reprobacy: General Scriptures Concerning Sackcloth: (Girding With) of Heavy Afflictions Worldliness: General Scriptures Concerning

Isaiah 22:12

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