Isaiah 22:11
And ye procured to yourselves water between the two walls within the ancient pool: but ye looked not to him that made it from the beginning, and regarded not him that created it.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
10and that they had pulled down the houses of Jerusalem, to fortify the wall of the city.
Cross References
2 Kings 20:20And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and all that he made, the fountain and the aqueduct, and how he brought water into the city, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Chronicles 6:6But I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
2 Chronicles 32:3And he took counsel with his elders and his mighty men to stop the wells of water which were without the city: and they helped him.
Isaiah 7:3And the Lord said to Isaiah, Go forth to meet Ahaz, thou, and thy son Jashub who is left, to the pool of the upper way of the fuller’s field.
Isaiah 17:7In that day a man shall trust in him that made him, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 37:26Hast thou not heard of these things which I did of old? I appointed them from ancient times; but now have I manifested my purpose of desolating nations in their strongholds, and them that dwell in strong cities.
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 →