7And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
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In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. …
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: …
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: …
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)The title of this prophecy is very observable. It is the burden of the valley of vision , of Judah and Jerusalem; so all agree. Fitly enough is Jerusalem called a valley, for the mountains were round about it, and the land of Judah abounded with fruitful valleys; and by the judgments of God, though they had been as a towering mountain, they should be brought low, sunk and depressed, and become dar…
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