Isaiah 22:7

7 Your nicest valleys will be filled with chariots. Horsemen will be ordered to guard the gates of the city.

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 The Lord God All-Powerful has chosen a special day of riots and confusion. People will trample each other in the Valley of Vision. The city walls will be knocked down, and the people will cry out to the mountain.

6 The soldiers from Elam will gather their arrows and their chariots and men on horses. Kir will prepare their shields.

7 Your nicest valleys will be filled with chariots. Horsemen will be ordered to guard the gates of the city.

8 The walls protecting Judah will fall. the weapons kept at the Palace of the Forest.

9 You saw that the walls of Jerusalem had many cracks that needed repairing. You stored up water in the lower pool.