KJV King James Version
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
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Isaiah 22:1
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,
WEB World English Bible
The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
ASV American Standard Version
The burden of the valley of vision.What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The burden of the Valley of Vision. What—to thee, now, that thou hast gone up, All of thee—to the roofs?
Surrounding context — Isaiah 22
1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain [men are] not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, [which] have fled from far.
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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Jeremiah 21:13Behold, I [am] against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, [and] rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?Psalm 125:2[As] the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] round about his people from henceforth even for ever.Joel 3:12Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.Isaiah 15:3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.Joel 3:14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD [is] near in the valley of decision.1 Samuel 11:5And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What [aileth] the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.1 Samuel 3:1And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; [there was] no open vision.Proverbs 29:18Where [there is] no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy [is] he.2 Kings 6:28And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.Romans 3:2Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.Deuteronomy 22:8When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.Psalm 147:19-20He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.2 Samuel 14:5And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I [am] indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.Judges 18:23And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?Psalm 114:5What [ailed] thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, [that] thou wast driven back?Jeremiah 48:38[There shall be] lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure, saith the LORD.Romans 9:4-5Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;Genesis 21:17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he [is].
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