Isaiah 22:8
Good News Translation
All of Judah's defenses crumbled. When that happened, you brought weapons out of the arsenal.

New Revised Standard Version
He has taken away the covering of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,

Contemporary English Version
Judah was left defenseless. At that time you trusted in the weapons you had stored in Forest Palace.

New American Bible
and shelter over Judah is removed. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.

he discovered

Isaiah 36:1-3 And it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Ezechias, that Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came up against all the fenced cities of Juda, and took them. . . .

the armour

1 Kings 7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Libanus; the length of it was a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubits, and the height thirty cubits: and four galleries between pillars of cedar: for he had cut cedar trees into pillars.

1 Kings 10:17 And three hundred targets of fine gold: three hundred pounds of gold covered one target: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Libanus.

1 Kings 14:27,28 And Roboam made shields of brass instead of them, and delivered them into the hand of the captains of the shieldbearers, and of them that kept watch before the gate of the king's house. . . .

Songs 4:4 Thy neck, is as the tower of David, which is built with bulwarks: a thousand bucklers hang upon it, all the armour of valiant men.

Context
The Valley of Vision
7And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall place themselves in the gate. 8And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.9And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,…
Cross References
1 Kings 7:2
He built also the house of the forest of Libanus; the length of it was a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubits, and the height thirty cubits: and four galleries between pillars of cedar: for he had cut cedar trees into pillars.

1 Kings 10:17
And three hundred targets of fine gold: three hundred pounds of gold covered one target: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Libanus.

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

Isaiah 22:7
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