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Isaiah 22:5

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For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
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  1. Isaiah 10:6Rank 1 from verse 5
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    6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

  2. Isaiah 37:3Rank 2 from verse 5
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    3And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

  3. Lamentations 1:5Rank 3 from verse 5
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    5Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

  4. Luke 23:30Rank 4 from verse 5
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    30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

  5. Micah 7:4Rank 5 from verse 5
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    4The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

  6. Amos 5:18–20Rank 6 from verse 5
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    18Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

    19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

    20Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

  7. Hosea 10:8Rank 7 from verse 5
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    8The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

  8. Isaiah 22:1Rank 8 from verse 5
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    1THE burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

  9. Jeremiah 30:7Rank 9 from verse 5
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    7Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

  10. Lamentations 2:2Rank 10 from verse 5
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    2The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.

  11. 2 Kings 19:3Rank 11 from verse 5
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    3And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

  12. 2 Kings 25:10Rank 12 from verse 5
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    10And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

  13. Esther 3:15Rank 13 from verse 5
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    15The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.

  14. Isaiah 25:10Rank 14 from verse 5
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    10For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.

  15. Isaiah 5:5Rank 15 from verse 5
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    5And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

  16. Matthew 24:16Rank 16 from verse 5
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    16Then let them which be in Judæa flee into the mountains:

  17. Revelation 6:16–17Rank 17 from verse 5
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    16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

    17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

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Isaiah 22:5

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

trouble

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Sense 1: Disturbance, affliction, distress, vexation, or difficulty. Sense 2: To disturb, distress, afflict, or inconvenience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

treading

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of tread, meaning to step, walk, press, crush, trample, or move upon with the feet.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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GOD

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The divine name of the living God, used chiefly in the title Lord GOD.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hosts

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1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

vision

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Something seen, especially a divinely given sight or revelation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

breaking

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The act or process of parting, opening, bursting, demolishing, violating, dividing, or beginning to break forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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22:1THE burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

22:2Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

22:3All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.

22:4Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

22:5For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.

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22:6And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

22:7And 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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