Oh, what a day of crushing defeat! What a day of confusion and terror brought by the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, upon the Valley of Vision! The walls of Jerusalem have been broken, and cries of death echo from the mountainsides.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

For it is a day of trouble and of treading down – when our enemies trample on everything sacred and dear to us, and endanger all our best in…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

For it is a day of trouble. —The earlier clauses paint the mental emotions of the coming day of judgment. In the latter, …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

It is a day of trouble. He again declares that the Lord is the author of this calamity and, so that the Jews might not gaze around in all …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For [it is] a day of trouble
To Hezekiah, and also Jerusalem, and all the inhabitants of the land: and o…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Why is Jerusalem in such terror? Her slain men are not slain with the sword, but with famine; or, slain with fear, disheartened. Their rulers fled,…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. The burden of the valley. Here the prophet issues a threat against those who were joined to the people of God by their position of…