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
