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He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore on that day the Lord GOD of armies called <i>you</i> to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Therefore in that day the Lord GOD of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Therefore in that day the Lord GOD of hosts, called <i>you</i> to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore in that day Lord Yahweh of hosts called <i>you</i> to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore in that day the Lord GOD of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning, To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day the Lord GOD of Armies called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When all of this happened, the LORD All-Powerful told you to weep and mourn, to shave your heads, and wear sackcloth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And in that day did the Lord, the LORD of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />On that day the Almighty LORD of Armies will call for crying and for mourning, for shaving your heads and for wearing sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The Sovereign LORD Almighty was calling you then to weep and mourn, to shave your heads and wear sackcloth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />At that time the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />In that day the LORD of hosts called for weeping and for mourning, for shaved heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the Lord calls, YHWH of Hosts, "" In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, "" And to baldness and to girding on of sackcloth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And call doth the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of sackcloth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord Jehovah of armies in that day will call to weeping and to wailing, and to baldness and to girding with sackcloth:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And in that day, the Lord, the God of hosts, will call to weeping and mourning, to baldness and the wearing of sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />On that day the Lord, the GOD of hosts, called For weeping and mourning, for shaving the head and wearing sackcloth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And in that day the LORD God of hosts called to weeping and to mourning and to baldness and to girding with sackcloth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH, God of Hosts, called in that day to weeping and to mourning and to tearing out hair and to putting on of sackcloth<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And in that day did the Lord, the GOD of hosts, call To weeping, and to lamentation, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and lamentation, and baldness, and for girding with sackcloth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/22-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=4455" 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">11</span>You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">On that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">called</a> <a href="/hebrew/1065.htm" title="1065: liḇ·ḵî (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- A weeping. From bakah; a weeping; by analogy, a dripping.">for weeping</a> <a href="/hebrew/4553.htm" title="4553: ū·lə·mis·pêḏ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-ms) -- A wailing. From caphad; a lamentation.">and wailing,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7144.htm" title="7144: ū·lə·qā·rə·ḥāh (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Baldness, bald spot. Or qorcha; from qarach; baldness.">for shaven heads</a> <a href="/hebrew/2296.htm" title="2296: wə·la·ḥă·ḡōr (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To gird, gird on, gird oneself. A primitive root; to gird on.">and the wearing</a> <a href="/hebrew/8242.htm" title="8242: śāq (N-ms) -- Sack, sackcloth. From shaqaq; properly, a mesh, i.e. Coarse loose cloth or sacking; hence, a bag.">of sackcloth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”…<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="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a></span><br />“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">Jeremiah 6:26</a></span><br />O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a></span><br />I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16-18</a></span><br />The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity. / Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water. / They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-10.htm">Lamentations 2:10</a></span><br />The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/3-31.htm">2 Samuel 3:31</a></span><br />Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Micah 1:8</a></span><br />Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21</a></span><br />“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-9.htm">James 4:9</a></span><br />Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-3.htm">Revelation 11:3</a></span><br />And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/7-6.htm">1 Samuel 7:6</a></span><br />When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-1.htm">2 Kings 19:1</a></span><br />On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">Nehemiah 9:1</a></span><br />On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/4-1.htm">Esther 4:1-3</a></span><br />When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. / But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate. / In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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="hdg">call</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">2 Chronicles 35:25</a></b></br> And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they <i>are</i> written in the lamentations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/8-9.htm">Nehemiah 8:9-12</a></b></br> And Nehemiah, which <i>is</i> the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day <i>is</i> holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-9.htm">Nehemiah 9:9</a></b></br> And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;</p><p class="hdg">to baldness</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Isaiah 15:2</a></b></br> He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads <i>shall be</i> baldness, <i>and</i> every beard cut off.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/9-3.htm">Ezra 9:3</a></b></br> And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-20.htm">Job 1:20</a></b></br> Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Baldness</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-5.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">Dressing</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Girding</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-15.htm">Head</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/psalms/78-64.htm">Lamentation</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-4.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-18.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/isaiah/20-2.htm">Sackcloth</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-6.htm">Tear</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Wail</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-8.htm">Wailing</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-25.htm">Wearing</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-4.htm">Weep</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-4.htm">Weeping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/22-14.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-14.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Baldness</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-18.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-6.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-15.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-22.htm">Dressing</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-13.htm">Girding</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-6.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">Head</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-14.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-2.htm">Lamentation</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-2.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-12.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-11.htm">Sackcloth</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-1.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-5.htm">Tear</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-1.htm">Wail</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">Wailing</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-2.htm">Wearing</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-19.htm">Weep</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-8.htm">Weeping</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/isaiah/22.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>On that day</b><br />This phrase situates the prophecy within a specific time frame, often used in prophetic literature to denote a significant moment of divine intervention or judgment. In the context of Isaiah, "that day" refers to a time when God’s judgment is imminent. Historically, this could be linked to the Assyrian invasion or other periods of crisis for Jerusalem. It serves as a reminder that God's timing is sovereign and purposeful.<p><b>the Lord GOD of Hosts</b><br />This title emphasizes God's supreme authority and power. "LORD" (YHWH) is the covenant name of God, highlighting His faithfulness and relationship with Israel. "GOD of Hosts" (Elohim Tseva'ot) underscores His command over the heavenly armies, indicating His ability to execute judgment and deliverance. This dual title reassures believers of God's omnipotence and His commitment to His people.<p><b>called for weeping and wailing</b><br />The call for "weeping and wailing" is an invitation to repentance and mourning over sin. In Hebrew culture, these actions were expressions of deep sorrow and contrition. The prophetic call here is not merely for outward expressions but for genuine heart transformation. It reflects God's desire for His people to recognize their spiritual state and turn back to Him.<p><b>for shaving heads</b><br />Shaving the head was a traditional sign of mourning and humility in ancient Near Eastern cultures. It symbolized the stripping away of pride and self-reliance. In the biblical context, it is an act of submission to God's will, acknowledging His sovereignty and the seriousness of the situation. This act invites believers to consider their own need for humility before God.<p><b>and wearing sackcloth</b><br />Sackcloth, a coarse material, was worn as a sign of mourning and repentance. It represents a physical manifestation of inner sorrow and penitence. In the scriptural narrative, wearing sackcloth is often associated with seeking God's mercy and forgiveness. This imagery calls Christians to a lifestyle of repentance, recognizing the gravity of sin and the need for divine grace.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">To weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness . . .</span>--National danger, Isaiah adds, should call to a national repentance in its outward manifestations, like the fast described in Joel 2 "Baldness,' produced by the tearing of the hair in extreme grief, took its place naturally, with weeping and sackcloth, in those manifestations.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">In that day.</span> The day alluded to in ver. 7, when the choice valleys in the neighborhood of Jerusalem were first seen to be full of a hostile soldiery, and the Assyrian horsemen were observed drawing themselves up opposite the gates. Such a sight constituted an earnest call upon the people for immediate repentance. <span class="cmt_word">Baldness</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Isaiah 15:2</a>; <a href="/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16</a>; <a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a>). It has been said that "baldness" was forbidden by the Law (Cheyne); but this is not so, absolutely. Baldness was wholly forbidden to the priests (<a href="/leviticus/21-5.htm">Leviticus 21:5</a>; comp. <a href="/ezekiel/44-20.htm">Ezekiel 44:20</a>); and certain peculiar modes of shaving the hair, the beard, and the eyebrows, practiced by idolatrous nations, were prohibited to all the people (<a href="/leviticus/19-27.htm">Leviticus 19:27</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/14-2.htm">Deuteronomy 14:2</a>). But such shaving of the head as was practiced by Job (<a href="/job/1-20.htm">Job 1:20</a>) and other pious men, was not forbidden to laymen, any more than the wearing of sackcloth. It was regarded as a natural mode of exhibiting grief. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/22-12.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">On that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֑וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֧י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Hosts</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָא֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">called</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְרָ֗א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·rā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for weeping</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבְכִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(liḇ·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1065.htm">Strong's 1065: </a> </span><span class="str2">A weeping, a dripping</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and wailing,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְמִסְפֵּ֔ד</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·mis·pêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4553.htm">Strong's 4553: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lamentation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for shaven heads</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְקָרְחָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·qā·rə·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7144.htm">Strong's 7144: </a> </span><span class="str2">Baldness, bald spot</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the wearing</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלַחֲגֹ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·la·ḥă·ḡōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2296.htm">Strong's 2296: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gird, gird on, gird oneself</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of sackcloth.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָֽׂק׃</span> <span class="translit">(śāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8242.htm">Strong's 8242: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 22:12 In that day the Lord Yahweh (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/22-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 22:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 22:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 22:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 22:13" /></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>