Isaiah 22:9

And the breaches in the city of David, ye beheld for they were many,—So ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

8Then removed he the veil of Judah,—Yea thou didst peer on that day, into the armoury of the forest-house;

10And the houses of Jerusalem, ye counted,—And brake down the houses, to fortify the wall;

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:1After these things done in faithfulness, came Sennacherib king of Assyria,—and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to break into them for himself.

2 Chronicles 32:5And he took courage, and built all the wall that was broken down and carried up thereon towers, and, on the outside, another wall, and strengthened Millo, the city of David,-and made weapons in abundance, and bucklers,

Nehemiah 3:16after him, repaired, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of the half-circuit of Beth-zur,—as far as over against the sepulchres of David, even unto the pool which had been made, and unto the house of heroes;

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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