What does Isaiah imply by saying that the valleys were full of chariots and the horsemen took their stand at the gates?
The people would be powerless against the enemy. They would be everywhere, in all the best valleys and at the city’s gates. In 2 Kings 25:1–4, we read of the time when the Babylonians arrived at the gates of Jerusalem.
7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.