Isaiah 22:4

American Standard Version

Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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Isaiah 22:4 in other translations

Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Isaiah 22:4 · World English Bible

Isaiah 22:4 in context

  1. 2O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.
  2. 3All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off.
  3. 4Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  4. 5For it is a day of discomfiture, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.
  5. 6And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.