7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
7 Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the city gates.
7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.
7 Your fine valleys are noisy with war, chariots and cavalry charging this way and that.
7 It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full of chariots, And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
7 Chariots fill your beautiful valleys, and charioteers storm your gates.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 22:7
Commentary on Isaiah 22:1-7
(Read Isaiah 22:1-7)
Why is Jerusalem in such terror? Her slain men are not slain with the sword, but with famine; or, slain with fear, disheartened. Their rulers fled, but were overtaken. The servants of God, who foresee and warn sinners of coming miseries, are affected by the prospect. But all the horrors of a city taken by storm, faintly shadow forth the terrors of the day of wrath.