Deu 22:8, Isa 15:2, 22:1, Jer 19:13, 48:38-39 | TSK | STEP | then thou shalt.The eastern houses being built with flat roofs, which were used for various purposed, as walking, sleeping, etc., it was therefore necessary to have a sort of battlement, or balustrade, to prevent accidents, by people falling off. thy roof. thou bring.

Deuteronomy 22:8

then thou shalt.The eastern houses being built with flat roofs, which were used for various purposed, as walking, sleeping, etc., it was therefore necessary to have a sort of battlement, or balustrade, to prevent accidents, by people falling off.

Ex 21:28-36; 22:6; Ro 14:13; 1Co 10:32; Php 1:10; 1Th 5:22

thy roof.

2Sa 11:2; Isa 22:1; Jer 19:13; Mt 10:27; Mr 2:4; Ac 10:9

thou bring.

Eze 3:18,20; 32:2-9; Mt 18:6,7; Ac 20:26,27

Isaiah 15:2

is gone.

16:12; Jos 13:17; Jer 48:18,22,23

Moab.

3; 14:31; 16:7; Jer 48:31,39

Nebo.

Nu 32:3,38; De 34:1; Jer 48:1

Medeba.

Nu 21:30; Jos 13:16

all.

3:24; 22:12; Le 19:27,28; 21:5; De 14:1; Job 1:20; Jer 7:29; 47:5

Jer 48:1,37,38; Eze 7:18

Isaiah 22:1

1 The prophet laments the invasion of Jewry.

8 He reproves their human wisdom and worldly joy.

15 He prophesies Shebna's deprivation,

20 and the substitution of Eliakim, prefiguring the kingdom of Christ.

A.M. cir. 3292. B.C. cir. 712. the valley.Jerusalem being situated in the midst of surrounding hills, and the seat of Divine revelation, is here termed "the valley of vision." This prophecy foretells the invasion of Jerusalem by the Assyrians under Sennacherib; and probably also, by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar.

Ps 125:2; Jer 21:13

of vision.

1Sa 3:1; Ps 147:19,20; Pr 29:18; Mic 3:6; Ro 3:2; 9:4,5

What.

Ge 21:17; Jud 18:23; 1Sa 11:5; 2Sa 14:5; 2Ki 6:28; Ps 114:5

that thou.The eastern houses are built with a court within, into which chiefly the windows open; those that open to the street being so obstructed with lattice work, that no one can see through them. Whenever, therefore, any thing is to be seen or heard in the streets, any public spectacle, or any alarm, everyone immediately goes up to the house-top to satisfy his curiosity. Hence all the people running to the top of their houses, gives a lively image of a sudden general alarm.

15:3; De 22:8; Jer 48:38

Jeremiah 19:13

defiled.

2Ki 23:10,12,14; Ps 74:7; 79:1; Eze 7:21,22

upon.

32:29; 2Ki 23:12; Zep 1:5

have poured.

7:18

Jeremiah 48:38-39

upon.

Isa 15:3; 22:1

broken.

22:28; 25:34; Ps 2:9; Isa 30:14; Ho 8:8; Ro 9:21,22; 2Ti 2:20,21

Re 2:27

How is it.

17; La 1:1; 2:1; 4:1; Re 18:9,10,15,16

back. Heb. neck. a derision.

26,27; Isa 20:4-6; Eze 26:16-18