Isaiah 22:7

7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the cavalry took their stand at the gates.

Isaiah 22:7 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 22:7

And it shall come to pass, [that] thy choicest valleys,
&c.] The valleys that were near Jerusalem, that used to be covered with the choicest corn or vines, or with grass and flocks of sheep, and used to be exceeding delightful and pleasant: shall be full of chariots;
where they can be more easily driven than on mountains; these were chariots not for pleasure, but for war; chariots full of soldiers, to fight against and besiege Jerusalem: and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate:
to take them that come out of the city, and to force their way into it; as well as to protect and defend the foot, while they made the assault, and scaled the walls, and to be ready when the gates were opened to them.

Isaiah 22:7 In-Context

5 For the Lord God of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the valley of vision, a battering down of walls and a cry for help to the mountains.
6 Elam bore the quiver with chariots and cavalry, and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the cavalry took their stand at the gates.
8 He has taken away the covering of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,
9 and you saw that there were many breaches in the city of David, and you collected the waters of the lower pool.
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