Isaiah

Isaiah 22:3–5

³All your rulers have fled together,

captured without a bow.

All your fugitives were captured together,

having fled to a distant place.

⁴Therefore I said,

“Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly!

Do not try to console me

over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

⁵For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day

of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—

of breaking down the walls

and crying to the mountains.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
All	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
your rulers	קְצִינַ֥יִךְ	qə·ṣî·na·yiḵ	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H7101 chief, ruler
have fled	נָֽדְדוּ־	nā·ḏə·ḏū-	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5074 retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter
together	יַ֖חַד	ya·ḥaḏ	Adverb	H3162 unitedness
captured	אֻסָּ֑רוּ	’us·sā·rū	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural	H631 tie, bind, imprison
without a bow	מִקֶּ֣שֶׁת	miq·qe·šeṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H7198 bow
All	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
your fugitives	נִמְצָאַ֙יִךְ֙	nim·ṣā·’a·yiḵ	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H4672 attain to, find
were captured	אֻסְּר֣וּ	’us·sə·rū	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural	H631 tie, bind, imprison
together	יַחְדָּ֔ו	yaḥ·dāw	Adverb	H3162 unitedness
having fled	בָּרָֽחוּ׃	bā·rā·ḥū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1272 go through, flee
to a distant place	מֵרָח֖וֹק	mê·rā·ḥō·wq	Preposition-m; Adjective - masculine singular	H7350 distant, far

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Therefore	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
I said	אָמַ֛רְתִּי	’ā·mar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
Turn away	שְׁע֥וּ	šə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H8159 gaze
from me	מִנִּ֖י	min·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
let me weep	בַּבֶּ֑כִי	bab·be·ḵî	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1065 weeping
bitterly	אֲמָרֵ֣ר	’ă·mā·rêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular	H4843 be bitter
Do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
try	תָּאִ֣יצוּ	tā·’î·ṣū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H213 press, be pressed, make haste
to console me	לְנַֽחֲמֵ֔נִי	lə·na·ḥă·mê·nî	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H5162 be sorry, console
over	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the destruction	שֹׁ֖ד	šōḏ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7701 violence, havoc, devastation, ruin
of the daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
of my people	עַמִּֽי׃	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the Lord	לַֽאדֹנָ֧י	la·ḏō·nāy	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
GOD	יְהוִ֛ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3069 Yahweh
of Hosts	צְבָא֖וֹת	ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ	Noun - common plural	H6635 army, war, warfare
has	יוֹם֩	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
of tumult	מְהוּמָ֨ה	mə·hū·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H4103 tumult, confusion, disquietde, discomfiture
and trampling	וּמְבוּסָ֜ה	ū·mə·ḇū·sāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H4001 down-treading, subjugation
and confusion	וּמְבוּכָ֗ה	ū·mə·ḇū·ḵāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H3998 confusion, confounding
in the Valley	בְּגֵ֣יא	bə·ḡê	Preposition-b; Noun - common singular construct	H1516 valley
of Vision	חִזָּי֑וֹן	ḥiz·zā·yō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H2384 vision
of breaking	מְקַרְקַ֥ר	mə·qar·qar	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct	H6979 bore, dig
down the walls	קִ֖ר	qir	Noun - masculine singular	H7023 wall
and crying	וְשׁ֥וֹעַ	wə·šō·w·a‘	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H7771 (free), independent, noble
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the mountains	הָהָֽר׃	hā·hār	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 22:4 Jeremiah 9:1 · Matthew 2:18 · Micah 1:8 · Psalm 77:2 · Jeremiah 13:17 · Jeremiah 31:15

Isaiah 22:5 Isaiah 37:3 · Lamentations 1:5 · Isaiah 10:6 · Luke 23:30 · Micah 7:4 · Amos 5:18–20 · Hosea 10:8 · Lamentations 2:2 · Isaiah 22:1 · Jeremiah 30:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.