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A City Under Siege
Commentators paint a vivid picture of Jerusalem's dire situation. The city's most beautiful and fertile valleys, once symbols of God's blessing, are now filled with enemy war chariots. The invaders are not far off; they are positioned in battle formation right at the city gates, signifying an immediate and overwhelming threat.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 22:7
18th Century
Theologian
Your choicest valleys - Hebrew, ‘The choice of your galleys;’ meaning the most fertile and most valued lands in the vicinity of the…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 22:7
19th Century
Bishop
That thy choicest valleys ... —These were the valleys of Gibeon, Rephaim, Hinnom, and Jehoshaphat, which encircled Jerusa…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 22:7
16th Century
Theologian
And the choice of the valleys was full of chariots. I do not find fault with the translation given by some interpreters, “in a chariot of …
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John Gill
On Isaiah 22:7
17th Century
Pastor
And it shall come to pass, [that] your choicest valleys. The valleys that were near Jerusalem, that used to be covered wi…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 22:1–7
17th Century
Minister
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,…