They ¹  removed the defenses ²  of Judah. At that time ³  you looked for the weapons in the House of the Forest. ⁴ 

biblegateway Isa 22:8

And He removed the defense of Judah. In that day you depended on the weapons of the house of the forest,

He removed the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

On that day the LORD will remove the defenses of Judah. You will look for weapons in the House of the Forest.

biblegateway Isa 22:8

the defences of Judah are stripped away. And you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest;

He has taken away the covering of Judah. In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,

bibleoremus Isa 22:8

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

the heart of Judah's defence was laid open. On that day you checked the weapons stored in the House of the Forest;

biblegateway Isa 22:8

He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day to the armor of the House of the Forest;

And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

biblegateway Isa 22:8

They ¹  removed the defenses ²  of Judah. At that time ³  you looked for the weapons in the House of the Forest. ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “he,” i.e., the enemy invader. NASB, by its capitalization of the pronoun, takes this to refer to the Lord.

² tn Heb “covering.”

³ tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV), likewise at the beginning of v. 12.

⁴ sn Perhaps this refers to a royal armory, or to Solomon’s “House of the Forest of Lebanon,” where weapons may have been kept (see 1 Kgs 10:16-17).