Isaiah 22:6
Good News Translation
The soldiers from the land of Elam came riding on horseback, armed with bows and arrows. Soldiers from the land of Kir had their shields ready.

New Revised Standard Version
Elam bore the quiver with chariots and cavalry, and Kir uncovered the shield.

Contemporary English Version
The people of Elam and Kir attacked with chariots and carried shields.

New American Bible
Elam takes up the quiver, Aram mounts the horses and Kir uncovers the shields.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.

Elam

Isaiah 21:2 A grievous vision is told me: he that is unfaithful dealeth unfaithfully: and he that is a spoiler, spoileth. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Mede: I have made all the mourning thereof to cease.

Genesis 10:22 The sons of Sem: Elam and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

Jeremiah 49:35-39 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will break the bow of Elam, and their chief strength. . . .

Kir

Isaiah 15:1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, it is silent: because the wall of Moab is destroyed in the night, it is silent.

2 Kings 16:9 And he agreed to his desire: for the king of the Assyrians went up against Damascus, and laid it waste: and he carried away the inhabitants thereof to Cyrene; but Rasin he slew.

Amos 1:5 And I will break the bar of Damascus: and I will cut off the inhabitants from the plain of the idol, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of pleasure: and the people of Syria shall be carried away to Cyrene, saith the Lord.

Amos 9:7 He that buildeth his ascension in heaven, and hath founded his bundle upon the earth: who calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is his name.

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Context
The Valley of Vision
5For it is a day of slaughter and of treading down, and of weeping to the Lord the God of hosts in the valley of vision, searching the wall, and magnificent upon the mountain. 6And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.7And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall place themselves in the gate.…
Cross References
2 Kings 16:9
And he agreed to his desire: for the king of the Assyrians went up against Damascus, and laid it waste: and he carried away the inhabitants thereof to Cyrene; but Rasin he slew.

Isaiah 21:2
A grievous vision is told me: he that is unfaithful dealeth unfaithfully: and he that is a spoiler, spoileth. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Mede: I have made all the mourning thereof to cease.

Isaiah 22:7
And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall place themselves in the gate.

Jeremiah 49:35
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will break the bow of Elam, and their chief strength.

Amos 1:5
And I will break the bar of Damascus: and I will cut off the inhabitants from the plain of the idol, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of pleasure: and the people of Syria shall be carried away to Cyrene, saith the Lord.

Amos 9:7
He that buildeth his ascension in heaven, and hath founded his bundle upon the earth: who calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is his name.

Isaiah 22:5
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