Elam took up a quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
Isaiah 22:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Your best valleys were full of chariots, and horsemen were positioned at the city gates. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And it came to pass that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their station [and set themselves in offensive array at the gate of Jerusalem]. [Fulfilled in II Chron. 32; Isa. 36.] American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate. Common English Bible Your finest valleys were filled with chariots, and horsemen doggedly guarded the gate. Catholic Public Domain Version And your elect valleys will be filled with chariots, and the horsemen will position themselves at the gates. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots: and the horseman shall place themselves in the gate. |
Elam took up a quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
He removed the defences of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city. This is the Lord’s declaration.
Indeed, I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north.’ This is the Lord’s declaration. They will come, and each king will set up his throne at the entrance to Jerusalem’s gates. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.
Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp, pitch military camps, and place battering rams against it on all sides.
Take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Face it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign for the house of Israel.