Isaiah 22:1-7

The Valley of Vision

¹The pronouncement concerning the valley of vision:

What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

2You who were full of noise,

You tumultuous town, you jubilant city;

Your dead were not killed with the sword,

Nor did they die in battle.

3All your rulers have fled together,

And have been captured without the bow;

All of you who were found were taken captive together,

Though they had fled far away.

4Therefore I say, “Look away from me,

Let me weep bitterly,

Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

5For the Lord God of armies has a day of panic, subjugation, and confusion

In the valley of vision,

A breaking down of walls

And a crying to the mountain.

6Elam picked up the quiver,

With the chariots, infantry, and horsemen;

And Kir uncovered the shield.

7Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,

And the horsemen took positions at the gate.