Isaiah 22:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. ”

Isaiah 22:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he discovered - Hebrew, ויגל vay e gal - ‘He made naked, or bare.’ The expression, ‘He discovered,’ means simply that it “was” uncovered, without designating the agent. The coverin...
Isaiah 22:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he uncovered the (k) coverings of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. (k) The secret place where the armour was: that is, in the house of the forest,...
Isaiah 22:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jerusalem's Inexcusable Frivolity. The prophecy apparently belongs to the time of Sennacherib's invasion. Its menacing tone contrasts with that of some other prophecies of the time. The people had...
Isaiah 22:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

discovered . dismantled. covering . veil.
Isaiah 22:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. And he took away the covering of Judah. He shews in what distress of mind the Jews were when they were so closely besieged. Some refer this verb to God, and others to the enemy; but I rat...
Isaiah 22:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. The armor "The arsenal" - Built by Solomon within the city, and called the house of...
Isaiah 22:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And he discovered, &c.— And the barrier of Judah shall be laid open. Lowth. This might be rendered, "And he shall dismantle the fortified cities of Judah." The meaning of the metaphor is, tha...
Isaiah 22:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. He discovered the covering of Judah - the veil ( maacaak ( H4539 )) of J...
Isaiah 22:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jerusalem Rebuked A severe rebuke of the conduct of the people of Jerusalem in a time of calamity. The crisis refered to cannot be certainly identified. The difficulty in assigning the passage to...
Isaiah 22:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s 1, 22 and 33,...
Isaiah 22:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the midst of the prophecies concerning the nations occurs one of protest against the indifference of Jerusalem to the prophet's messages. He first describes the joyous people as they stand in cont...
Isaiah 22:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Whatever were the histories in the siege of Judah, as this scripture records, I stay not to inquire; but I think, without violence to the expressions, by the uncovering of Judah, and the breaches of...
Isaiah 22:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he discovered the covering of Judah ,.... Either God himself, who uncloaked them of their hypocrisy, as Dr. Lightfoot; or took away his power and presence from them, and his protection of them,...
Isaiah 22:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. Ver. 8. And he discovered the covering of Judah. ] That is, he that is the enemy...
Isaiah 22:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he Namely, the enemy Sennacherib, of whose invasion he seems to speak; discovered the covering of Judah Took those fenced cities which were a covering or safeguard, both to the people of Juda...
Isaiah 22:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Contempt of Divine Goodness; Contempt of Divine Judgments. B. C. 718. 8 And he discove...
Isaiah 22:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He; the enemy, Sennacherib, of whose invasion he seems to speak. The covering of Judah: he took those fenced cities, which were a covering or safeguard both to the people of Judah, who fled to th...
Isaiah 22:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's People Must Choose Between Excessive And Unjustified Hilarity Resulting From False Confidence, or Mourning Over Sin and Trusting In Him ( Isaiah 22:1-11 ) Jerusalem is seen as having become...
Isaiah 22:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 22:1 . The valley of vision. A valley near Jerusalem, so called because of a school of the prophets said to have been there. Isaiah 22:3 . All thy rulers are fled. All thy captains of h...
Isaiah 22:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 22:1-23 A PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM . The prophet, present in Jerusalem, either actually, or at any rate in spirit, sees the inhabitants crowded together upon the...
Isaiah 22:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Oracle of the Valley of Vision
Isaiah 22:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 10:17 ; 1 Kings 14:27 ; 1 Kings 14:28 ; 1 Kings 7:2 ; Isaiah 36:1-3 ; Song of Solomon 4:4
Isaiah 22:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He — The enemy. Covering — He took those fenced cities, which were a covering or safe — guard both to the people of Judah, and to Jerusalem. The armour — Thy trust was placed in the arm of flesh. T...

Isaiah 22:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 22:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 22:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 22:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 22:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 22:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 22:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 22:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 22:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 22:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 22:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 22:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 22:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 22:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 22:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 22:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 22:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 22:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 22:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 22:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 22:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 22:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 22:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes