Isaiah 22:2

What does Isaiah 22:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 22:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You, who are full of loud voices, a town of outcries, given up to joy; your dead men have not been put to the sword, or come to their death in war.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Full of stirs--a noisy city--an exulting city, Thy pierced are not pierced of the sword, Nor dead in battle.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thou that wast full of stir, a town of tumult, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

Context

v.1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

v.2This passage

v.3All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Amos 6:3

    —ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

  • Jeremiah 38:2

    Thus saith Jehovah, He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey, and he shall live.

  • Isaiah 37:36

    And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

  • Isaiah 23:7

    Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?

  • 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 32:13

    Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

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