Isaiah 22:3

Thy rulers are fled. Isaiah may refer to a lull in Sennacherib’s siege of Jerusalem, caused by the approach of Taharka with his Ethiopian army (see ch. 37:8, 9), which gave some of the leaders in Jerusalem an opportunity to flee the city. Such a lifting of the siege, temporary though it was, could well have been regarded by the populace of Jerusalem as marking the end of the Assyrian danger, and thus could have led to widespread rejoicing. Bound by the archers. The meaning of the Hebrew expression thus translated is uncertain. Some have suggested the translation, “without the bow they have been bound,” meaning that in their endeavor to escape, the rulers were captured without their weapons and without having engaged in battle.