Isaiah 22:5

5 The LORD God of heavenly forces has a day of tumult and trampling and turmoil in the Valley of Vision, a breaking down of walls, a cry for help to the mountains.

Isaiah 22:5 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 22:5

For [it is] a day of trouble
To Hezekiah, and also Jerusalem, and all the inhabitants of the land: and of treading down;
the people of it by Sennacherib's army, like mire in the streets, when their cities were taken by him: and of perplexity by the Lord of hosts in the valley of vision;
in Jerusalem, besieged, and threatened with desolation; which threw the king and his nobles, and all the inhabitants, into the utmost perplexity, confusion, and distress; and all this was not merely from men, nor was it by chance, but by the permission and appointment of God, to humble his people for their sins, and bring them to a sense and acknowledgment of them: breaking down the walls:
of the fenced cities, with their battering rams, at the time they besieged and took them, ( 2 Kings 18:13 ) : and of crying to the mountains:
looking and running to them for help and succour, for shelter and protection; and crying so loud, by reason of their distress, as that it reached the distant mountains, and made them echo with it.

Isaiah 22:5 In-Context

3 All your leaders escaped together but were captured without a single bow shot. All your escapees were bound together, even though they fled far away.

4 Therefore, I said, "Don't look at me; let me weep bitterly. Don't try to comfort me about the destruction of my dearly loved people."

5 The LORD God of heavenly forces has a day of tumult and trampling and turmoil in the Valley of Vision, a breaking down of walls, a cry for help to the mountains.

6 Elam carried the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

7 Your finest valleys were filled with chariots, and horsemen doggedly guarded the gate.