Isaiah 22:1-3

New Century Version

God’s Message to Jerusalem

22 This is a message about the Valley of Vision:^[a]

What is wrong with you people?
    Why are you on your roofs?^[b]
²This city was a very busy city,
    full of noise and wild parties.
Now your people have been killed,
    but not with swords,
    nor did they die in battle.
³All your leaders ran away together,
    but they have been captured without using a bow.
All you who were captured
    tried to run away before the enemy came.

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Footnotes

22:1 Valley of Vision This probably means a valley near Jerusalem.
22:1 roofs In Bible times houses were built with flat roofs. The roof was used for drying things such as flax and fruit. And it was used as an extra room, as a place for worship, and as a cool place to sleep in the summer.