Isaiah 22:11

Ye made also a mikveh (reservoir) between the two walls for the mayim of the Old Pool; but ye have not looked unto the Maker thereof, neither had respect unto her Yotzer from long ago. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

In Context

10And ye have numbered the batim (buildings) of Yerushalayim, and the batim (houses) have ye torn down to fortify the chomah (wall).

12And in that day did Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os 1 call to weeping, and to wailing, 1 and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth; 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 20:20And the rest of the acts of Chizkiyahu, and all his gevurah, and how he made HaBerekhah (the Pool) and the Te'alah (Tunnel), and brought mayim into the city, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim of the Melachim of Yehudah?

2 Chronicles 6:6But I chose Yerushalayim, that Shmi might be there; and chose Dovid to be over Ami Yisroel.

2 Chronicles 32:3He took counsel with his sarim and his gibborim to cover over the waters of the springs + 32:3 Spring of Gihon which were outside the Ir; and they did support him.

Isaiah 7:3Then said Hashem unto Yeshayah, Go forth now to meet Achaz, thou, and Shear-Yashuv (A Remnant Will Return) thy ben, at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool on the road to the Fullerʼs Field;

Isaiah 17:7At that day shall ha'adam look to Oseihu (his Maker), and his eyes shall have respect to Kadosh Yisroel.

Isaiah 37:26Hast thou not heard long ago, 1 how I have done it; 1 and of yemei kedem (days of old), 1 that I have formed it? 1 Now have I brought it to pass, 1 that thou shouldest be to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. 1

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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