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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 22, Verse 1

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And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken [it].
King James Version
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
American Standard Version
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
New English Translation
The Lord Will Judge Jerusalem This is an oracle about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that all of you go up to the rooftops?
World English Bible
The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
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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.
3
All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, [which] have fled from far.
4
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
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For [it is] a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
6
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
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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.
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And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
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Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
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And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
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Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.