Isaiah 22:12 meaning and explanation
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
Isaiah 22:12, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah 22 pictures Jerusalem under threat from Assyria, and in verse 12 the Lord GOD of Hosts, the sovereign commander of heaven's armies, is the one speaking through the prophet. The "day" is the crisis itself, and God's call to weeping, wailing, shaved heads and sackcloth is a summons to humble mourning and repentance, the customary signs of grief and contrition in ancient Israel.
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