Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 22:1-25
Jerusalem besieged (22:1-25)In Judah, the land where the prophet had his visions of judgment on other nations, he recalls one of God’s judgments on Judah, namely, the Assyrians’ siege of Jerusalem. On that occasion the city was saved only through the faith of Hezekiah and Isaiah (2 Kings 18:13-19:37).Ignoring the gracious intervention of God that had miraculously saved them, the people celebrate as if they had won the victory themselves. Isaiah is disgusted at the light-hearted attitude of the... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 22:4-5
Isaiah 22:4-5. Therefore said I, &c. “Behold the prophet here anticipating those lamentations which he was afterward to pour forth, and which Jeremiah so pathetically poured forth, an eye-witness of this calamity. For the expressions here are too strong to be applied to any other calamity than the great and final one, when the Jews were carried captives to Babylon;” of which the prophet had a clear foresight. Look away from me Take off your eyes and thoughts from me, and leave me... read more