Isaiah 22 · Verse 8

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.
Isaiah 22:8, King James Version

Isaiah 22:8 in other translations

BSBHe has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
WEBHe took away the covering of Judah; and you looked in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.
ASVAnd he took away the covering of Judah; and thou didst look in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.
YLTAnd one removeth the covering of Judah, And thou lookest in that day Unto the armour of the house of the forest,
DARBYAnd he uncovereth the covering of Judah: and thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest;
BBEHe took away the cover of Judah; and in that day you were looking with care at the store of arms in the house of the woods.
WebsterAnd he uncovered the coverings of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armor of the house of the forest.

What does Isaiah 22:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. he discovered the covering--rather, "the veil of Judah shall be taken off" [Horsley]: figuratively for, exposing to shame as a captive (Is 47:3; Na 3:5). Sennacherib dismantled all "the defensed cities of Judah" (Is 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 (Is 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 The armor "The arsenal" - Built by Solomon within the city, and called the house of the forest of Lebanon; probably from the great quantity of cedar from Lebanon which was employed in the building. See 1Kgs 7:2, 1Kgs 7:3.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 22:8-14
The weakness of Judah now appeared more than ever. Now also they discovered their carnal confidence and their carnal security. They looked to the fortifications. They made sure of water for the city. But they were regardless of God in all these preparations. They did not care for his glory in what they did. They did not depend upon him for a blessing on their endeavours. For every creature is to us what God makes it to be; and we must bless him for it, and use it for him. There was great contempt of God's wrath and justice, in contending with them. God's design was to humble them, and bring them to repentance. They walked contrary to this. Actual disbelief of another life after this, is at the bottom of the carnal security and brutish sensuality, which are the sin, the shame, and ruin of so great a part of mankind. God was displeased at this. It is a sin against the remedy, and it is not likely they should ever repent of it. Whether this unbelief works by presumption or despair, it produces the same contempt of God, and is a token that a man will perish wilfully.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Isaiah 22:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְגַ֕לvay.Galand he uncoveredH1540
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
מָסַ֣ךְma.Sakh[the] covering ofH4539
יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וַתַּבֵּט֙va.ta.Betand you lookedH5027
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomin the dayH3117
הַה֔וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
אֶל\־'el-toH413
נֶ֖שֶׁקNe.shek[the] weaponry ofH5402
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] House ofH1004
הַיָּֽעַר\׃hai.Ya.'arthe ForestH3293

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 22:8

  • 1 Kings 10:17

    And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

  • 1 Kings 7:2

    He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

  • 1 Kings 14:27-28

    And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house. And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

  • Song of Solomon 4:4

    Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

  • Isaiah 36:1-3

    Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field. Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he discovered.
36:1-3
the armour.
1Ki 7:2; 10:17; 14:27,28; So 4:4

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Context

  • Isaiah 22:7

    And 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.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 22:9

    Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

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Isaiah 22:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y desnudó la cobertura de Judá; y miraste en aquel día hacia la casa de armas del bosque.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il ôte la couverture de Juda. Et tu as regardé en ce jour-là vers l’arsenal de la maison de la forêt;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er deckt den Schleier auf von Juda, und du blickst an jenem Tage nach den Waffen des Waldhauses.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et revelabitur operimentum Judæ, et videbis in die illa armamentarium domus saltus.