Isaiah 22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you are wholly gone up to the housetops? It is quite in place, in so far as round Jerusalem there are mountains, and the very city, which in relation to the country occupied an elevated position, in relation to the mountains of the immediate neighbourhood appeared to stand on a low level. Because of this two-fold aspect Jerusalem is called (Jeremiah 21:13) the "inhabitant of the valley," and immediately on the back of this the "rock of the plain," and (Jeremiah 17:3) the "mountain in the fields," whereas (Zephaniah 1:11) not all Jerusalem, but a part of it (probably the ravine of the Tyropaeum) is called the mortar, or as we say, basin. If we add to this that Isaiah's house was situated in the lower city, and that therefore the point of view from which the epithet was applied was there, the expression is perfectly appropriate. (F. Delitzsch.) 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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