Isaiah 22:7

7 And this happened: the choicest of your valleys were full of chariots, and the cavalry confidently stood at the gate.

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 Yahweh of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in [the] valley of vision, [a] tearing down of walls and a cry for help to the mountains.

6 And Elam lifted up [the] quiver, with chariots [of] men [and] cavalry. And Kir uncovered [the] shield.

7 And this happened: the choicest of your valleys were full of chariots, and the cavalry confidently stood at the gate.

8 And he uncovered the covering of Judah. And you looked, on that day, to the weapons of the House of the Forest,

9 and you saw that the breaches in the walls of the city of David were many, and you gathered the waters of the lower pool.