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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Isaiah 22:5

For [it is] a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of (h) crying to the mountains.

(h) That is, the shout of the enemies whom God had appointed to destroy the city.

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See also Isaiah 22:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR IT IS A DAY OF TROUBLE AND OF TREADING DOWN - When our enemies trample on everything sacred and dear to us, and endanger all our best interests (see Psalms 44:6; Luke 21:24). AND OF PERPLEXITY - I...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The first half of the verse reads: FOR A DAY OF TUMULT AND TRAMPLING AND CONFUSION HATH JEHOVAH OF HOSTS, "a series of inimitable assonances" (Cheyne) in the Hebr. (cf. Nahum 2:10 [Hebrews 11]). The f...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The connexion here becomes very uncertain. It seems clear that Isaiah 22:5 (from its form) must refer to the future, while Isaiah 22:8 undoubtedly go back to what is past. The transition must apparent...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEREFORE SAID I, LOOK AWAY— Behold the prophet here anticipating those lamentations which he was afterwards to pour forth, and which Jeremiah afterwards so pathetically poured forth, an eye-witness o...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. FOR (IT IS) A DAY OF TRO...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    22:5 vision; (e-25) Or 'visions.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BY THE LORD] RV 'from the Lord.' VALLEY OF VISION] Jerusalem may be so designated as being the home of prophetic vision....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֣י יֹום֩ מְהוּמָ֨ה וּ מְבוּסָ֜ה וּ מְבוּכָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Searching. That day beheld the Assyrians (Haydock) undermining the wall, and behaving with haughtiness (Calmet) on Mount Sion. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Prophet, like a true servant of the Lord, though himself had the least hand in bringing down the judgments of God, yet he will be the first to lament them. Alas! when God's corrections are in our...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._It is a day of trouble. _He again declares that the Lord is the author of this calamity, and that the Jews may not gaze around in all directions, or wonder that their enemies prevail against them,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR [IT IS] A DAY OF TROUBLE,.... To Hezekiah, and also Jerusalem, and all the inhabitants of the land: AND OF TREADING DOWN; the people of it by Sennacherib's army, like mire in the streets, when th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For [it is] a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. Ver. 5. _For it is a d...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Therefore said I_, &c. “Behold the prophet here anticipating those lamentations which he was afterward to pour forth, and which Jeremiah so pathetically poured forth, an eye-witness of this calamity....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For it is a day of trouble, of noisy tumult, AND OF TREADING DOWN, AND OF PERPLEXITY BY THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS IN THE VALLEY OF VISION, in the entire city of Jerusalem, BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS, AND OF...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ORACLE OF THE VALLEY OF VISION...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-7 Why is Jerusalem in such terror? Her slain men are not slain with the sword, but with famine; or, slain with fear, disheartened. Their rulers fled, but were overtaken. The servants of God, who for...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    OF TREADING DOWN; in which my people are trodden under foot by their insolent enemies. OF PERPLEXITY BY THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS: this is added, partly to show that this did not happen without God's prov...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 22:5 day H3117 trouble H4103 down H4001 perplexity H3998 Lord H136 GOD H3069 hosts H6635 Valley H1516 Breaking...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:1 The fourth oracle shows the light of the world, Jerusalem, growing dark. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:5 FOR. The reason for Jerusalem’s fall is the will of THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS. The TUMULT AND TRAMPLING AND CONFUSION of warfare replaces

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 25:10; Amos 5:18; Esther 3:15; Hosea 10:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Treading down — In which my people are trodden under foot by their enemies. By the Lord — Not only men, but God himself fought against them. Walls — Of the strong cities of Judah. Mountains — With suc...

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