Isaiah 22:2

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Summary

Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

That art

Thy slain

General references

Ezekiel 26:13

Bible References

That art

In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth.

Is this your exultant city founded in antiquity? Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands?

For the land of my people where thorns and briars will grow for they are on the delightful houses and the exultant city.

You put far away the evil day and cause the place of violence to come near.

Thy slain

Therefore this is what Jehovah says concerning the king of Assyria: He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield, or build a siege ramp against it.

If I go to the field, I see those killed because of war. If I go to the city, I see those sick because of famine. Prophets and priests wander through a land they have not heard of.'

Jehovah says: 'Whoever stays on in the city will die in war or of starvation or disease. But those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians will not be killed. They will at least escape with their life.'

On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city became so severe that the common people had no food.

Look, O Jehovah! Why are you punishing us like this? Women are eating the bodies of the children they loved! Priests and prophets are killed in the Temple!

Those killed by the sword are better off than those who died of starvation. For these die slowly and waste away from lack of food from the field.

General references

So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more.