Verse Lens · Context pointer
Isaiah 22:3 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 3. 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.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers” at Isaiah 22:3 as a specific part of “Jerusalem Feasts Instead of Grieving in the Valley of Vision.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 22:1–14
Read Isaiah 22:3 inside Isaiah 22:1–14. The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers” at Isaiah 22:3 as a specific part of “Jerusalem Feasts Instead of Grieving in the Valley of Vision.” The complete unit establishes: Rooftop celebration, slain leaders, breached walls, weapon stores, water projects, and the failure to regard the city's maker lead to an unforgiven charge.
Why It Needs Context
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers” at Isaiah 22:3 as a specific part of “Jerusalem Feasts Instead of Grieving in the Valley of Vision.” Its force depends on the complete movement and outcome of Isaiah 22:1–14; the isolated line is connective rather than a complete teaching claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Isaiah 22:1–14 — Jerusalem Feasts Instead of Grieving in the Valley of VisionSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 22:1–14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 22:1–14 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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