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What does Isaiah 22:3 mean?

"All your rulers fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were bound together. They fled far away."

— Isaiah 22:3 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

2

You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.

3

All your rulers fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were bound together. They fled far away.

4

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.

5

For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.”

6

Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.

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