Isaiah 22:4

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.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Look away from me - Do not look upon me - an indication of deep grief, for sorrow seeks to be alone, and grief avoids publicity and exposure....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep (g) bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the plundering of the daughter of my people. (g)...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. Therefore I said. Here the Prophet, in order to affect more deeply the hearts of the Jews, assumes the character of a mourner, and not on...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Therefore said I, Look away— Behold the prophet here anticipating those lamentations which he was afterwards to pour forth, and which Jeremiah afte...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Lo...
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 ident...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Daughter ] poetical personification of the people ( Isaiah 10:32 ).
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet, like a true servant of the Lord, though himself had the least hand in bringing down the judgments of God, yet he will be the first to la...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore said I ,.... Not God to the ministering angels, as Jarchi; but the prophet to those that were about him, his relations, friends, and acqua...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 4....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therefore said I , &c. “Behold the prophet here anticipating those lamentations which he was afterward to pour forth, and which Jeremiah so path...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Look away from me; take off your eyes and thoughts from me, and leave me alone, that I may take my fill of sorrows. Labour not to comfort me; for...
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 ( Isai...
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...
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,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Oracle of the Valley of Vision
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore said I, Look away from me, leaving him alone in his deep mourning; I will weep bitterly, literally, "that I may be bitter in my weeping....
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Look away — Take off your eyes and thoughts from me, and leave me alone.

⁴ Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weepa bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 22:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 22:4