isaiah 22:8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. - Free Bible Online

isaiah 22:8 And He removed the defense of Judah. In that day you depended on the weapons of the house of the forest,


      8. he discovered the covering--rather, "the veil of Judah shall be taken off" [HORSLEY]: figuratively for, exposing to shame as a captive (Isa 47:3; Na 3:5). Sennacherib dismantled all "the defensed cities of Judah" (Isa 36:1).
      thou didst look--rather, "thou shalt look."
      house of . . . forest--The house of armory built of cedar from the forest of Lebanon by Solomon, on a slope of Zion called Ophel (1Ki 7:2; 10:17; Ne 3:19). Isaiah says (Isa 22:8-13) his countrymen will look to their own strength to defend themselves, while others of them will drown their sorrows as to their country in feasting, but none will look to Jehovah.

JFB.


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