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(A)All your rulers have fled together,
And have been captured [a]without the bow;
All of you who were found were captured together,
[b]Though they had fled far away.
Therefore I say, “Turn your gaze away from me,
Let me (B)weep bitterly,
Do not insist on comforting me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
(C)For Lord Yahweh of hosts has a (D)day of confusion, (E)oppression, and panic
(F)In the valley of vision,
A breaking down of walls
And a crying [c]to the mountain.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:3 Lit from a bow
  2. Isaiah 22:3 As in ancient versions; Heb They fled far away
  3. Isaiah 22:5 Or against

All your leaders have fled(A) together;
    they have been captured(B) without using the bow.
All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,
    having fled while the enemy was still far away.
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep(C) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”(D)

The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day(E)
    of tumult and trampling(F) and terror(G)
    in the Valley of Vision,(H)
a day of battering down walls(I)
    and of crying out to the mountains.

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