Isaiah 22:9

And you will see breaches in the city of David, for these have been multiplied. But you have gathered together the waters of the lower fish-pool.

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In The King James Version

Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

In Context

8And the covering of Judah will be exposed, and in that day, you will see the weaponry of the forest house.

10And you have numbered the houses of Jerusalem. And you have destroyed the houses in order to fortify the wall.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:1After these things, and after this manner of truth, Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians arrived. And entering Judah, he besieged the fortified cities, desiring to seize them.

2 Chronicles 32:5Also, acting industriously, he built up the entire wall that had been broken apart. And he constructed towers upon it, and another wall outside it. And he repaired Millo, in the City of David. And he made all kinds of weapons and shields.

Nehemiah 3:16After him, Nehemiah, the son of Azbuk, the leader of one half part of the street of Bethzur, built, as far as opposite the sepulcher of David, and even to the pool, which was constructed with great labor, and even to the house of the strong.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 22:9-15

Contempt of Divine Goodness; Contempt of Divine Judgments. ( b. c. 718.) 8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. 9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. 10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. 11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not… Read the whole commentary →

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