Preachers' Magazine Isaiah 22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you are wholly gone up to the housetops? I. It specially designates "THEE." There is an identity in human experience. But there is at the same time an intense personality in each one of us, secrets in our experience — secret struggles, failures, motives, emotions. II. A SPECIFIC TIME — "NOW." Not the past — or the future — but the present. III. THE AILMENT. IV. THE QUERY is suggestive, as though the prophet's inquiries were made with a view to a remedy. What is the specific for the ailment? Wealth, etc.? No! personal salvation. (Preachers' Magazine.) Parallel Verses KJV: The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?WEB: The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops? |
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