Isaiah 22:11

You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. 1 But you did not consider the city's maker, who had planned it long ago. 1

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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

10You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you tore down the houses to fortify the wall. 1

12The Lord Yahweh of hosts called on that day 1 for weeping, for mourning, for shaved heads, and the wearing of sackcloth. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 20:20As for the other matters concerning Hezekiah, and all his power, and how he constructed the pool and the conduit, and how he brought water into the city—are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah?

2 Chronicles 6:6However, I have chosen Jerusalem, so that my name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'

2 Chronicles 32:3he consulted with his leaders and his powerful men to stop up the waters of the springs that were outside the city; they helped him do so.

Isaiah 7:3Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-Jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the road to Launderer's Field.

Isaiah 17:7On that day men will look toward their Maker, and their eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel. 1

Isaiah 37:26Have you not heard how I determined it long ago 1 and worked it out in ancient times? Now I am bringing it to pass. 1 You are here to reduce impregnable cities into heaps of ruins. 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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