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Isaiah 22:3

What does Isaiah 22:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 22:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

All your rulers ... have gone in flight; all your strong ones have gone far away.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

All thy rulers fled together from the bow, Bound have been all found of thee, They have been kept bound together, Afar off they have fled.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

All the princes are fled together, and are bound hard: all that were found, are bound together, they are fled far off.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

All thy rulers have fled together, they are taken prisoners without the bow: all that are found of thee are made prisoners together; they were fleeing far off.

Context

v.2O 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.

v.3This passage

v.4Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Cross references

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

  • 2 Kings 25:4

    Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.

  • Jeremiah 52:24

    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:

  • Isaiah 3:1

    For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;

  • 2 Kings 25:18

    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:

  • Jeremiah 39:4

    And it came to pass that, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, through the gate betwixt the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.

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