3 All your leaders have fled together; they have been captured without using the bow. All you who were caught were taken prisoner together, having fled while the enemy was still far away.
3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
3 All your leaders have fled together; without the bow they were captured. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.
3 You have no brave soldiers to honor, no combat heroes to be proud of. Your leaders were all cowards, captured without even lifting a sword, A country of cowards captured escaping the battle. You Looked, but You Never Looked to Him
3 All your rulers have fled together; They are captured by the archers. All who are found in you are bound together; They have fled from afar.
3 All your leaders have fled. They surrendered without resistance. The people tried to slip away, but they were captured, too.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 22:3
Commentary on Isaiah 22:1-7
(Read Isaiah 22:1-7)
Why is Jerusalem in such terror? Her slain men are not slain with the sword, but with famine; or, slain with fear, disheartened. Their rulers fled, but were overtaken. The servants of God, who foresee and warn sinners of coming miseries, are affected by the prospect. But all the horrors of a city taken by storm, faintly shadow forth the terrors of the day of wrath.