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Isaiah 22:3

World English Bible

All your rulers fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were bound together. They fled far away.

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Isaiah 22:3 in other translations

All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off.

Isaiah 22:3 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 22:3 in context

  1. 1The burden of the valley of vision.
    What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
  2. 2You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.
  3. 3All your rulers fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were bound together. They fled far away.
  4. 4Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  5. 5For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, in the valley of vision, a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.”