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Your slain were not killed by the sword, nor did they die in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/22.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The whole city is in a terrible uproar. What do I see in this reveling city? Bodies are lying everywhere, killed not in battle but by famine and disease.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain <i>men are</i> not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You who are full of noise, A tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain <i>men are</i> not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You who were full of noise, You tumultuous town, you jubilant city; Your dead were not killed with the sword, Nor did they die in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You who were full of noise, You boisterous town, you exultant city; Your slain were not slain with the sword, Nor did they die in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />You who were full of noise, You boisterous town, you exultant city; Your slain were not slain with the sword, Nor did they die in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You who were full of noise, You roaring city, you exultant town; Your slain were not slain with the sword, Nor did they die in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You [Jerusalem] who were full of noise, A tumultuous city, a joyous <i>and</i> exuberant city; Your slain were not slain [in a glorious death] with the sword, Nor did they die in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The noisy city, the jubilant town, is filled with celebration. Your dead did not die by the sword; they were not killed in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The noisy city, the jubilant town, is filled with revelry. Your dead did not die by the sword; they were not killed in battle. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your city is filled with noisy shouts. Those who lie drunk in your streets were not killed in battle. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You are a city filled with shouting, a town filled with noise and excitement. Your people weren't killed with swords. Your dead didn't die in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The whole city is in an uproar, filled with noise and excitement. Your people who died in this war did not die fighting. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />you who are full of commotion, you passionate city, you rollicking town? Your slain weren't killed by the sword, nor are they dead in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The noisy city is full of raucous sounds; the town is filled with revelry. Your slain were not cut down by the sword; they did not die in battle. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town, your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Full of stirs—a noisy city—an exulting city, "" Your pierced are not pierced of the sword, "" Nor dead in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Full of stirs -- a noisy city -- an exulting city, Thy pierced are not pierced of the sword, Nor dead in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The city put in commotion was filled with noise, the exulting city: thy wounded not wounded of the sword, and not the dead of war.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Filled with clamor, a busy city, an exultant city: your dead have not been slain by the sword, nor did they die in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You who were full of noise, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword, nor killed in battle. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />you that are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain by the sword, nor are they dead in battle.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The city is full of tumult, the mighty city is full of noise; your slain men are not slain with the sword nor dead in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Trouble has filled the city! Noise has filled the mighty city! Your slain have not been slain by the sword, neither died of war<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town? Thy slain are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The city is filled with shouting <i>men</i>: thy slain are not slain with swords, nor are thy dead those who have died in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/22-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=4361" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/22.htm">The Valley of Vision</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops, <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘îr (N-fsc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">O city</a> <a href="/hebrew/8663.htm" title="8663: tə·šu·’ō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Noise. From show'; a crashing or loud clamor.">of commotion,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4392.htm" title="4392: mə·lê·’āh (Adj-fs) -- Full. From male'; full or filling; also fulness; adverbially, fully."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7151.htm" title="7151: qir·yāh (N-fs) -- A town, city. From qarah in the sense of flooring, i.e. Building; a city.">O town</a> <a href="/hebrew/1993.htm" title="1993: hō·w·mî·yāh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; to make a loud sound like Engl. hum); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5947.htm" title="5947: ‘al·lî·zāh (Adj-fs) -- Exultant, jubilant. From alaz; exultant.">of revelry?</a> <a href="/hebrew/2491.htm" title="2491: ḥă·lā·la·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Pierced, polluted. From chalal; pierced; figuratively, polluted.">Your slain</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2491.htm" title="2491: ḥal·lê- (N-mpc) -- Pierced, polluted. From chalal; pierced; figuratively, polluted.">die</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḥe·reḇ (N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">by the sword,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">nor were they</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: mê·ṯê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">killed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="4421: mil·ḥā·māh (N-fs) -- A battle, war. From lacham; a battle; generally, war.">in battle.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Jeremiah 51:39</a></span><br />While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/26-13.htm">Ezekiel 26:13</a></span><br />So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/6-3.htm">Amos 6:3-6</a></span><br />You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence. / You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall. / You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-8.htm">Zephaniah 1:8-9</a></span><br />“On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel. / On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-22.htm">Revelation 18:22-23</a></span><br />And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again. / The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-10.htm">Jeremiah 25:10</a></span><br />Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">Isaiah 5:12</a></span><br />At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-8.htm">Isaiah 24:8-9</a></span><br />The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent. / They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/21-10.htm">Ezekiel 21:10</a></span><br />it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-21.htm">Lamentations 2:21</a></span><br />Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-38.htm">Matthew 24:38-39</a></span><br />For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-27.htm">Luke 17:27-28</a></span><br />People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. / It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-10.htm">Revelation 11:10</a></span><br />And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Isaiah 32:13-14</a></span><br />and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry. / For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34</a></span><br />I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You that are full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: your slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.</p><p class="hdg">that art</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12,13</a></b></br> And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/23-7.htm">Isaiah 23:7</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> this your joyous <i>city</i>, whose antiquity <i>is</i> of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Isaiah 32:13</a></b></br> Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns <i>and</i> briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy <i>in</i> the joyous city:</p><p class="hdg">thy slain</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/37-33.htm">Isaiah 37:33,36</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-18.htm">Jeremiah 14:18</a></b></br> If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/28-3.htm">Jeremiah 28:3</a></b></br> Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/21-15.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">Boisterous</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-18.htm">City</a> <a href="/job/39-7.htm">Commotion</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-3.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-28.htm">Death</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-13.htm">Die</a> <a href="/jude/1-24.htm">Exultant</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-3.htm">Exulting</a> <a href="/isaiah/20-5.htm">Full</a> <a href="/songs/1-9.htm">Joyous</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-30.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-12.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-12.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm">Noisy</a> <a href="/numbers/17-10.htm">Outcries</a> <a href="/psalms/109-22.htm">Pierced</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Revelry</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-10.htm">Shouting</a> <a href="/job/39-7.htm">Shoutings</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-30.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-2.htm">Stir</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-9.htm">Stirs</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-15.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-12.htm">Tumult</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-4.htm">Tumultuous</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-12.htm">Uproar</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-4.htm">Voices</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-17.htm">War</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-3.htm">Wast</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/27-4.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-15.htm">Boisterous</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-7.htm">City</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Commotion</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-14.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm">Death</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm">Die</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-7.htm">Exultant</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-8.htm">Exulting</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-7.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-7.htm">Joyous</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-7.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-6.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-14.htm">Noisy</a> <a href="/amos/2-2.htm">Outcries</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Pierced</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm">Revelry</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Shouting</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-7.htm">Shoutings</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-14.htm">Stir</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-13.htm">Stirs</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-1.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Tumult</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-32.htm">Tumultuous</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Uproar</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-14.htm">Voices</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-1.htm">War</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Wast</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/22-1.htm">The prophet laments the invasion of Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/22-8.htm">He reproves their human wisdom and worldly joy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/22-15.htm">He prophesies Shebna's deprivation</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/22-20.htm">And the substitution of Eliakim, prefiguring the kingdom of Christ.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "commotion" and "revelry" suggest a city caught up in chaos and celebration, possibly indicating a false sense of security or denial of impending judgment. Historically, Jerusalem was a center of activity and festivity, especially during religious festivals. The revelry could also imply moral and spiritual decay, as seen in other prophetic writings where cities are rebuked for their indulgence and neglect of God's commands (<a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11-12</a>, <a href="/amos/6.htm">Amos 6:1-6</a>).<p><b>Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.</b><br>This indicates an unusual circumstance where the deaths in Jerusalem were not due to conventional warfare. It suggests a divine judgment or calamity that befell the city, possibly through siege, famine, or plague, rather than direct military confrontation. This aligns with the historical context of the Assyrian siege under Sennacherib, where God intervened, and many Assyrians died without a battle (<a href="/2_kings/19-35.htm">2 Kings 19:35</a>). Theologically, it underscores the idea that God’s judgment can manifest in various forms, not limited to human warfare, and serves as a warning to the people of Jerusalem to repent and turn back to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/c/city_of_commotion.htm">City of Commotion</a></b><br>This refers to Jerusalem, which is depicted as a place of chaos and disorder. The Hebrew word for "commotion" (hamulah) suggests a tumultuous and noisy environment.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/town_of_revelry.htm">Town of Revelry</a></b><br>This phrase highlights the indulgent and carefree attitude of the people in Jerusalem. The Hebrew word for "revelry" (alizah) implies a sense of joyous celebration, often without regard for impending danger or judgment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_slain.htm">The Slain</a></b><br>These are the inhabitants of Jerusalem who have died, not through conventional warfare, but through other means, possibly indicating divine judgment or internal strife.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivers this message, warning Jerusalem of the consequences of their actions and attitudes.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_siege_of_jerusalem.htm">The Siege of Jerusalem</a></b><br>The historical context likely involves the Assyrian threat or another impending siege, where the city is warned of its vulnerability despite its current revelry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_complacency.htm">The Danger of Complacency</a></b><br>The people of Jerusalem were caught up in revelry, ignoring the signs of impending judgment. We must be vigilant and not let comfort and pleasure blind us to spiritual realities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/false_security.htm">False Security</a></b><br>The inhabitants felt secure in their city, yet their downfall came not from external forces but from within. Our security should be in God, not in our circumstances or achievements.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment.htm">Divine Judgment</a></b><br>The passage serves as a reminder that God's judgment can come in unexpected ways. We should live in a way that honors God, aware that He sees beyond outward appearances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The revelry in Jerusalem was a sign of spiritual neglect. We are called to examine our lives and repent of any areas where we have become spiritually complacent.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_awareness.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Awareness</a></b><br>Just as the people of Jerusalem were unaware of their true condition, we must seek spiritual discernment to understand our standing before God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/which_'fortified_city'_in_isaiah_25_2.htm">In Isaiah 25:2, which specific 'fortified city' is being referenced, and what archaeological evidence supports or contradicts its complete destruction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_isaiah_14_22_say_babylon_is_gone.htm">Why does Isaiah 14:22 indicate a complete annihilation of Babylon when other biblical passages describe Babylon's later presence or rebuilding?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_jerusalem_the_'valley_of_vision'.htm">In Isaiah 22:1-2, why is Jerusalem called the 'Valley of Vision' if it doesn't match any known geographic valley?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_confirm_isaiah_22_5-7_without_evidence.htm">In Isaiah 22:5-7, how can we confirm the prophecy's historical accuracy regarding the siege if archaeological evidence is inconclusive?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">A joyous city . . .</span>--It would seem from <a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm" title="On the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city:">Isaiah 32:13</a> as if this was the characteristic on which Jerusalem, like Athens afterwards (Thucyd. ii. 40), specially prided itself.<p><span class= "bld">Thy slain men are not slain with the sword . . .</span>--The words imply something like a reproach of cowardice. Those who had perished had not died fighting bravely in battle, but by the pestilence which then, as at all times, was prevalent in the crowded streets of a besieged city.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A joyous city</span> (comp. ver. 13). <span class="cmt_word">Thy slain men are not slain with the sword.</span> It is a blockade rather than a siege. Men die, not of wounds, but of privations (<a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm">Lamentations 4:9</a>). Sennacherib himself says, "Hezekiah, like a caged bird, within Jerusalem, his royal city, I confined; towers round about him I raised; and the exit of the great gate of his city I shut" (G. Smith, 'Eponym Canon,' p. 135, II. 15-18). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/22-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">O city</span><br /><span class="heb">עִ֚יר</span> <span class="translit">(‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of commotion,</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּשֻׁא֣וֹת ׀</span> <span class="translit">(tə·šu·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8663.htm">Strong's 8663: </a> </span><span class="str2">A crashing, loud clamor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O town</span><br /><span class="heb">קִרְיָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(qir·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7151.htm">Strong's 7151: </a> </span><span class="str2">A town, city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of revelry?</span><br /><span class="heb">עַלִּיזָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘al·lî·zāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5947.htm">Strong's 5947: </a> </span><span class="str2">Exultant, jubilant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your slain</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲלָלַ֙יִךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·lā·la·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2491.htm">Strong's 2491: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pierced, polluted</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">die</span><br /><span class="heb">חַלְלֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(ḥal·lê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2491.htm">Strong's 2491: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pierced, polluted</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by the sword,</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶ֔רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nor were they</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">killed</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵתֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(mê·ṯê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in battle.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִלְחָמָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(mil·ḥā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4421.htm">Strong's 4421: </a> </span><span class="str2">A battle, war</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/22-2.htm">Isaiah 22:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/22-2.htm">Isaiah 22:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/22-2.htm">Isaiah 22:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/22-2.htm">Isaiah 22:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/22-2.htm">Isaiah 22:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/22-2.htm">Isaiah 22:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/22-2.htm">Isaiah 22:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/22-2.htm">Isaiah 22:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/22-2.htm">Isaiah 22:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/22-2.htm">Isaiah 22:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/22-2.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 22:2 You that are full of shouting (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/22-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 22:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 22:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/22-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 22:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 22:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>