Isaiah 22:7
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New International Version (©2011)
Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the city gates.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Chariots fill your beautiful valleys, and charioteers storm your gates.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Your best valleys were full of chariots, and horsemen were positioned at the gates.

International Standard Version (©2012)
And it will come about that your choicest valleys will be filled with chariots, and horsemen will take their positions at the gates.

NET Bible (©2006)
Your very best valleys were full of chariots; horsemen confidently took their positions at the gate.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then your fertile valleys will be filled with chariots, and horsemen will stand ready in front of the gate.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And it shall come to pass, that your choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

American King James Version
And it shall come to pass, that your choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horseman shall place themselves in the gate.

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
It happened that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, The choice of thy valleys have been full of chariots, And the horsemen place themselves diligently at the gate.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

22:1-7 Why is Jerusalem in such terror? Her slain men are not slain with the sword, but with famine; or, slain with fear, disheartened. Their rulers fled, but were overtaken. The servants of God, who foresee and warn sinners of coming miseries, are affected by the prospect. But all the horrors of a city taken by storm, faintly shadow forth the terrors of the day of wrath.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 7. - And it shall come to pass, etc. This verse and the next are closely connected, and introduce the new subject of the preparations which the Jews made for their defense. Translate, And it came to pass, when thy choicest valleys were full of chariots (or, troops), and the horsemen had set themselves in array toward the gate, that then did he draw off the cavorting of Judah, etc.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys,.... The valleys that were near Jerusalem, that used to be covered with the choicest corn or vines, or with grass and flocks of sheep, and used to be exceeding delightful and pleasant:

shall be full of chariots; where they can be more easily driven than on mountains; these were chariots not for pleasure, but for war; chariots full of soldiers, to fight against and besiege Jerusalem:

and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate: to take them that come out of the city, and to force their way into it; as well as to protect and defend the foot, while they made the assault, and scaled the walls, and to be ready when the gates were opened to them.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

7. valleys—east, north, and south of Jerusalem: Hinnom on the south side was the richest valley.

in array at the gate—Rab-shakeh stood at the upper pool close to the city (Isa 36:11-13).

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The Valley of Vision
…6And Elam bore the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. 7And it shall come to pass, that your choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. 8And he discovered the covering of Judah, and you did look in that day to the armor of the house of the forest. …

Isaiah 22:6 Elam takes up the quiver, with her charioteers and horses; Kir uncovers the shield.
Isaiah 22:8 The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah, and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest.
Jeremiah 1:15 I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms," declares the LORD. "Their kings will come and set up their thrones in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem; they will come against all her surrounding walls and against all the towns of Judah.