“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.”
Isaiah 22:2 (KJV) |
Isaiah 22:2
From Isaiah 22, in the Book of Isaiah (Old Testament).
Read in Context
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The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly 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.
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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.
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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.