¶ And Elam [a]bare the quiver in a man’s chariot with horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

And thy chief valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array against the gate.

And he discovered the [b]covering of Judah: and thou didst look in that day to the armor of the house of the forest.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:6 He putteth them in mind how God delivered them once from Sennacherib, who brought the Persians and Cyrenians with him, that they might by returning to God avoid that great plague which they should else suffer by Nebuchadnezzar.
  2. Isaiah 22:8 The secret place where the armor was: to wit, in the house of the forest, 1 Kings 7:2.

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