Albert Barnes Commentary Isaiah 22:12

"And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:" — Isaiah 22:12 (ASV)

And in that day - In the invasion of Sennacherib. It might be rendered, ‘And the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, on such a day calls to weeping;’ intimating that in such a time it was a general truth that God required those who were thus afflicted to weep, and fast, and pray.

Call to weeping - That is, by his providence; or, it was proper that at such a time they should weep. Affliction, oppression, and calamity are indications from God always that we ought to be humbled, and to prostrate ourselves before Him.

And to baldness - To plucking off the hair, or shaving the head—one of the emblems of grief among the ancients (Job 1:20; Micah 1:16).

And to girding with sackcloth - (see the note at Isaiah 3:24).