Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 22:3

3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers : all that are found in thee are bound together , which are fled from far .

Zedekiah and his Chief Commanders, whose Flight he here foretels.

Heb. from the bow, i. e. so as they were disenabled from using the Bow: which is an usual Hebraisin, as from a king is put for from being a king, 1 Sam. 15. 23. and from seeing, Psal. 69. 23. is rendred that they cannot see, Rom. 11. 10. But this Word is by some, and may very well be joyned to the foregoing Clause; for the Words in the Hebrew lie thus, All thy rulers are fled together from the bow (or, bowmen, as this Word is rendred, Isa. 21. 17.) they are bound. Which seems most plain and unforced, and suits best with the following Words, as also with the Prophet's use of the same Phrase, ch. 21. 15. they fled—from the bent bow, &c.

That remaineth there with Zedekiah in the Siege; for those who had fled to the Chaldeans saved their Lives and Liberties.

In Fetters, Ier. 52. 11.

Which fled to Ierusalem from the remotest parts of the Land.—But he rather speaks of those who fled from Ierusalem, and from their Enemies, whereof some had fled away, but were pursued and overtaken by their Enemies, and bound, as others had been. And the Words seem to be well rendred, they fled far away, as this very Word is used Isa. 23. 7. which may be understood either of the same Persons who fled, but were taken in their Flight, as was now said; or of others, who fled away, when others abode there and were bound.

Marginal references: Heb. of the bow.