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Bishop's Bible

Isaiah 22:7

Thy chiefe valley also was full of charrettes, and the horsemen set their faces directly towarde the gate.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Isaiah;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gates;   Valleys;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sennacherib;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Nahum (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Prophecy, Prophets;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Array;   Isaiah;   War;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hezekiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Your best valleys were full of chariots,and horsemen were positioned at the city gates.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.
New American Standard Bible
Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen took positions at the gate.
New Century Version
Your nicest valleys will be filled with chariots. Horsemen will be ordered to guard the gates of the city.
Amplified Bible
And it came to pass that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen took their fixed positions [in an offensive array] at the gate [of Jerusalem].
World English Bible
It happened that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And thy chiefe valleis were full of charets, and the horsemen set themselues in aray against the gate.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.
Berean Standard Bible
Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.
Contemporary English Version
Your most beautiful valleys were covered with chariots; your cities were surrounded by cavalry troops.
Complete Jewish Bible
In time, your choicest valleys are overrun by chariots, and the cavalry take their posts by the gate;
Darby Translation
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Your favorite valley was filled with chariots. Horse soldiers were stationed in front of the city gates.
George Lamsa Translation
And it shall come to pass that your choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gates.
Good News Translation
The fertile valleys of Judah were filled with chariots; soldiers on horseback stood in front of Jerusalem's gates.
Lexham English Bible
And this happened: the choicest of your valleys were full of chariots, and the cavalry confidently stood at the gate.
Literal Translation
And it happened; your choicest valleys were full of chariots; and the horsemen surely set in order at the gate.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thy goodly valleys were ful of Charettes, the horse men made them soone to besege the gates.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
Bible in Basic English
And your most fertile valleys were full of war-carriages, and the horsemen took up their positions in front of the town.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass, when thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate,
King James Version (1611)
And it shall come to passe that thy choicest valleys shall be full of charets, and the horsemen shall set themselues in aray at the gate.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it shall be that thy choice valleys shall be filled with chariots, and horsemen shall block up thy gates.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thi chosun valeis, Jerusalem, schulen be ful of cartis; and knyytis schulen putte her seetis in the yate.
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass, that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New English Translation
Your very best valleys were full of chariots; horsemen confidently took their positions at the gate.
New King James Version
It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full of chariots, And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
New Living Translation
Chariots fill your beautiful valleys, and charioteers storm your gates.
New Life Bible
Your best valleys were full of war-wagons, and the horsemen took their places at the gate.
New Revised Standard
Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the cavalry took their stand at the gates.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it hath come to pass that the choice of thy vales, are full of chariots; Yea, the horsemen, have set themselves, in array, at the gate.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall place themselves in the gate.
Revised Standard Version
Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, The choice of thy valleys have been full of chariots, And the horsemen place themselves diligently at the gate.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.

Contextual Overview

1 The burthen of the valley of vision. What hast thou to do here, that thou clymbest to the house toppes? 2 Thou that art full of tumultuousnes, thou troublesome and proude citie: Thy slayne men are neither put to death with the sworde, nor dead in battayle. 3 All thy captaynes are fugitiue together, the archers haue taken them prisoners: All they I say that are founde in thee are in captiuitie together, and they also that fled farre of. 4 Therfore sayde I, Let me alone, and I wyll make lamentation: Ye shall not be able to comfort me because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. 5 For this is a day of trouble, of ruine, and of destruction, that the Lorde the God of hoastes wyll bryng to passe in the valley of vision, breakyng downe the citie, and crying vnto mountaynes. 6 Elam bare the quiuer with a charret of footmen and horsemen, and the citie of Kir shewed the shielde open. 7 Thy chiefe valley also was full of charrettes, and the horsemen set their faces directly towarde the gate.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy choicest valleys: Heb. the choice of thy valleys

full: Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:8, Isaiah 10:28-32, Isaiah 37:34, Jeremiah 39:1-3

at: or, toward

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 19:17 - and set Jeremiah 1:15 - and they

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
And Noah builded an aulter vnto ye Lorde, and tooke of euery cleane beast, and of euery cleane foule, & offred burnt offering on the aulter
Genesis 22:2
And he saide: take thy sonne, thyne onlye sonne Isahac whom thou louest, & get thee vnto the lande Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering vpon one of the mountaines which I wyl shewe thee.
Genesis 22:4
The thirde day Abraham lyft vp his eyes, and sawe the place a farre of:
Exodus 12:3
Speake ye vnto all the congregation of Israel, saying: In the tenth daye of this moneth, euery man take vnto hym a lambe according to ye house of the fathers, a lambe throughout euery house.
Matthew 26:39
And he went a litle farther, and fell flat on his face, and prayed, saying: O my father, if it be possible, let this cuppe passe from me: Neuerthelesse, not as I wyll, but as thou wylt.
Matthew 26:42
He went away once againe, & prayed, saying: O my father, if this cuppe may not passe away fro me, except I drinke it, thy wyll be fulfylled.
John 18:11
Therefore sayth Iesus vnto Peter, Put vp thy sworde into the sheathe: shall I not drynke of the cuppe whiche my father hath geuen me?
Romans 8:15
For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage agayne to feare: but ye haue receaued the spirite of adoption, wherby we cry, Abba, father.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass, [that] thy choicest valleys,.... The valleys that were near Jerusalem, that used to be covered with the choicest corn or vines, or with grass and flocks of sheep, and used to be exceeding delightful and pleasant:

shall be full of chariots; where they can be more easily driven than on mountains; these were chariots not for pleasure, but for war; chariots full of soldiers, to fight against and besiege Jerusalem:

and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate: to take them that come out of the city, and to force their way into it; as well as to protect and defend the foot, while they made the assault, and scaled the walls, and to be ready when the gates were opened to them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy choicest valleys - Hebrew, ‘The choice of thy galleys;’ meaning the most fertile and most valued lands in the vicinity of the city. The rich and fertile vales around Jerusalem would be occupied by the armies of the Assyrian monarch. What occurs in this verse and the following verses to Isaiah 22:14, is a prophetic description of what is presented historically in Isaiah 36:0, and 2 Chronicles 32:0. The coincidence is so exact, that it leaves no room to doubt that the invasion here described was that which took place under Sennacherib.

Set themselves in array - Hebrew, ‘Placing shall place themselves;’ that is, they shall be drawn up for battle; they shall besiege the city, and guard it from all ingress or egress. Rabshakeh, sent by Sennacherib to besiege the city, took his station at the upper pool, and was so near the city that he could converse with the people on the walls Isaiah 36:11-13.


 
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