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Kabbalah for Isaiah 22:5

כִּ֣י יוֹם֩ מְהוּמָ֨ה וּמְבוּסָ֜ה וּמְבוּכָ֗ה לַֽאדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה צְבָא֖וֹת בְּגֵ֣יא חִזָּי֑וֹן מְקַרְקַ֥ר קִ֖ר וְשׁ֥וֹעַ אֶל־הָהָֽר׃

For it is a day of trouble, and of trampling, and of perplexity, From the Lord, the GOD of hosts, in the Valley of Vision; Kir shouting, and Shoa at the mount.

Zohar

"Hear my prayer, Hashem" refers to the silent prayer (the Amidah) "And give ear to my cry" is a prayer cried out loud. A man raises his voice and cries to Hashem in his trouble, as it is written, "And their cry rose up to the Elohim" (Shemot 2:23). What is the cry? It is the cry heard when one raises one's voice in prayer and lifts up one's eyes above, as it is written, "And a shouting to the mountains" (Isaiah 22:5). This prayer breaks open all gates upon which he knocks to present his prayer before Hashem. "Keep not silence at my tears," which enter before the King and cannot be stopped by any gate or turned away in vain.
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