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Verse Isaiah 22:9. _YE GATHERED TOGETHER THE WATERS_ - "And ye shall
collect the waters"] There were two pools in or near Jerusalem,
supplied by springs: the upper pool, or the old pool, supplied by...
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YE HAVE SEEN ALSO THE BREACHES - You who are inhabitants of the city.
That such breaches were actually made, see 2 Chronicles 32:5.
OF THE CITY OF DAVID - Of Jerusalem, so called because it was the
r...
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CHAPTER 22
The Burden of the Valley of Vision (Jerusalem)
1. _Jerusalem's deplorable state (Isaiah 22:1)_ 2. _The invading
armies (Isaiah 22:5)_ 3. _The siege and the calamity (Isaiah 22:8)_ 4.
Shebn...
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JERUSALEM'S INEXCUSABLE FRIVOLITY. The prophecy apparently belongs to
the time of Sennacherib's invasion. Its menacing tone contrasts with
that of some other prophecies of the time. The people had pro...
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HAVE SEEN. beheld.
THE LOWER POOL. The pool of Siloam. Compare Isa 7:3. 2 Chronicles
32:30. The old pool. See notes on 2 Chronicles 32:3; 2 Chronicles
32:30, and App-68....
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Isaiah 22:1-14. The inexpiable sin of Jerusalem
The key to this passage the most lurid and minatory of all Isaiah's
prophecies is the irreconcileable antagonism between the mood of the
prophet and th...
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The preparations for the siege. Cf. 2 Chronicles 32:2-5; 2Ch 32:30; 2
Kings 20:20....
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The first half reads YE SAW (i.e. examined) THE BREACHES OF THE CITY
OF DAVID (the citadel of Zion, 2 Samuel 5:7; 2 Samuel 5:9) FOR THEY
WERE MANY. Jerusalem was evidently quite unfit to stand a siege...
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AND THOU DIDST LOOK IN THAT DAY, &C.— Or, _And thou shalt look,_ &c.
The verbs may be rendered throughout in the future. The third member
of the former part contains the causes of these judgments; nam...
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
2.
JUDAH
a. IRREVERENT ATTITUDES
TEXT: Isaiah 22:1-14
1
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou
art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2
O thou that...
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Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are
many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
YE HAVE SEEN. The prophetic preterite.
THE BREACHES OF THE CITY OF...
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JERUSALEM REBUKED
A severe rebuke of the conduct of the people of Jerusalem in a time of
calamity. The crisis refered to cannot be certainly identified. The
difficulty in assigning the passage to Sen...
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SEEN] i.e. inspected. Isaiah 22:9 refer to hasty measures taken for
defence.
GATHERED TOGETHER, etc.] to secure a supply during the siege....
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The inhabitants of *Jerusalem needed to store water in case an enemy
surrounded the city. Only a small supply of water was otherwise
available....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 22
GOD WARNS *JERUSALEM
V1 (A special message that God gave to Isaiah about *Jerusal...
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BOOK 4
JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB
701 B.C.
INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the
Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s
1, 22 and 33, wit...
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In the midst of the prophecies concerning the nations occurs one of
protest against the indifference of Jerusalem to the prophet's
messages. He first describes the joyous people as they stand in
contr...
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Ye have seen also (l) the breaches of the city of David, that they are
many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
(l) You forfeited the ruinous places which were neglected in times...
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_Many, but you have neglected them, (Calmet) till it be too late.
(Haydock) --- Pool, communicating with Gehon on the west._...
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Whatever were the histories in the siege of Judah, as this scripture
records, I stay not to inquire; but I think, without violence to the
expressions, by the uncovering of Judah, and the breaches of t...
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9._And you have seen the breaches. _He proceeds with his narrative,
for during prosperity and peace no one cares about bulwarks or
instruments of war. It is necessity alone that arouses men and makes...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah
will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of
Je...
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YE HAVE SEEN ALSO THE BREACHES OF THE CITY OF DAVID, THAT THEY ARE
MANY,.... Not Jerusalem in general, but that part of it which was
called the stronghold of Zion, and in particular had the name of th...
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Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are
many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Ver. 9. Ye have seen also … and ye gathered together, &c.] This
they di...
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_And he_ Namely, the enemy Sennacherib, of whose invasion he seems to
speak; _discovered the covering of Judah_ Took those fenced cities
which were a covering or safeguard, both to the people of Judah...
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Ye have seen also the breaches of the City of David, where the
fortifications were in poor condition, THAT THEY ARE MANY; AND YE
GATHERED TOGETHER THE WATERS OF THE LOWER POOL, getting ready to
withst...
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THE ORACLE OF THE VALLEY OF VISION...
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8-14 The weakness of Judah now appeared more than ever. Now also they
discovered their carnal confidence and their carnal security. They
looked to the fortifications. They made sure of water for the...
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YE HAVE SEEN, i.e. observed or considered, as this word is used,
EXODUS 32:9, and elsewhere, in order to the reparation of them, and to
fortify the city, as the next words manifest. YE GATHERED TOGETH...
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Isaiah 22:9 saw H7200 (H8804) damage H1233 city H5892 David H1732
great H7231 (H8804) together H6908 ...
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GOD'S PEOPLE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN EXCESSIVE AND UNJUSTIFIED HILARITY
RESULTING FROM FALSE CONFIDENCE, OR MOURNING OVER SIN AND TRUSTING IN
HIM (ISAIAH 22:1)
Jerusalem is seen as having become a scene o...
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CONTENTS: The burden of the valley of vision, telling of coming
grievous distress.
CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah, Elam, Kir, Shebna, Eliakim.
CONCLUSION: When God threatens His people with judgment, He ex...
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Isaiah 22:1. _The valley of vision._ A valley near Jerusalem, so
called because of a school of the prophets said to have been there.
Isaiah 22:3. _All thy rulers are fled._ All thy captains of hundred...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:1 The fourth oracle shows the light of the
world, Jerusalem, growing dark.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:8 These verses show the irony of pursuing
military readiness while neglecting the sovereign God who controls the
situation.
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 22:1
A PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM. The prophet, present in Jerusalem,
either actually, or at any rate in spirit, _sees _the inhabitants
crowded together upon the housetops, in a sta...
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Now in chapter 22 he turns his attention to Jerusalem, which is
referred to as the valley of vision. And this is,
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that you've
gone up to the h...
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2 Chronicles 32:1; 2 Chronicles 32:30; 2 Kings 20:20...
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Seen — That is, observed in order to the reparation of them. The
waters — That you might both deprive the enemy of water, and supply
the city with it....