Isaiah 22:5 “For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and co…”

Isaiah 22:5

For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity from the Lord, GOD of Armies, in the valley of vision, a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.”

American Standard Version

For it is a day of discomfiture, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.

Geneva Bible 1599

For it is a day of trouble, and of ruine, and of perplexitie by the Lord God of hostes in the valley of vision, breaking downe the citie: and a crying vnto the mountaines.

Darby Translation

For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; [a day of] breaking down the wall, and of crying to the mountain:

Young's Literal Translation

For a day of noise, and of treading down, And of perplexity, [is] to the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In the valley of vision, digging down a wall, And crying unto the mountain.

Bible in Basic English

For it is a day of trouble and of crushing down and of destruction from the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the valley of vision; ...

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Cross references

“a day”

Isaiah 37:3 Jeremiah 30:7 Amos 5:18–20 2 Kings 19:3

Isaiah 37:3 · BSB

to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

Jeremiah 30:7 · BSB

How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.

Amos 5:18–20 · BSB

Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

2 Kings 19:3 · BSB

to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

“treading”

Isaiah 10:6 Isaiah 5:5 Isaiah 25:10

Isaiah 10:6 · BSB

I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

Isaiah 5:5 · BSB

Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

Isaiah 25:10 · BSB

For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.

“perplexity”

Micah 7:4 Esther 3:15

Micah 7:4 · BSB

The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.

Esther 3:15 · BSB

The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.

“breaking”

Lamentations 1:5 Lamentations 2:2 2 Kings 25:10

Lamentations 1:5 · BSB

Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.

Lamentations 2:2 · BSB

Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.

2 Kings 25:10 · BSB

And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

“crying”

Luke 23:30 Hosea 10:8 Matthew 24:16 Revelation 6:16 Revelation 6:17

Luke 23:30 · BSB

At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’

Hosea 10:8 · BSB

The high places of Aven will be destroyed— it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Matthew 24:16 · BSB

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Revelation 6:16 · BSB

And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

Revelation 6:17 · BSB

For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

Also

Isaiah 22:1

Isaiah 22:1 · BSB

This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

6Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.

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