Isa 22:8 | NET2full | STEP | They removed the defenses of Judah . At that time you looked for the weapons in the House of the Forest .

‏ Isaiah 22:8

8 They ^{▼▼tn Heb “he,” i.e., the enemy invader. NASB, by its capitalization of the pronoun, takes this to refer to the Lord.} removed the defenses ^{▼▼tn Heb “covering.”} of Judah.
At that time ^{▼▼tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV); likewise at the beginning of v. 12.} you looked
for the weapons in the House of the Forest. ^{▼▼sn Perhaps this refers to a royal armory, or to Solomon’s “House of the Forest of Lebanon,” where weapons may have been kept (see 1 Kgs 10:16-17).}