Isaiah 22:7
“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.”
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Isaiah 22:7 Context
5For it is a day of trouble, and of treading downe, and of perplexitie by the Lord God of hostes in the valley of vision, breaking downe the walles, and of crying to the mountaines. 6And Elam bare the quiuer with charets of men and horsemen, and Kir vncouered the shield. 7And 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. 8¶ And he discouered the couering of Iudah, and thou diddest looke in that day to the armour of the house of the forrest. 9Ye haue seene also the breaches of the citie of Dauid, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower poole.
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Other Translations for Isaiah 22:7
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.
- King James Version
Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And your most fertile valleys were full of war-carriages, and the horsemen took up their positions in front of the town.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
It happened that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
- World English Bible
And it cometh to pass, The choice of thy valleys have been full of chariots, And the horsemen place themselves diligently at the gate.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And it came to pass, when thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate,
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 22:7
22:7 Valleys - Valleys were the most proper places for the use of chariots. Gate - To assist the footmen while they made their assault, and to prevent those who endeavoured to escape.