Isaiah 22:9 You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places; you stored up water in the Lower Pool.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places; you stored up water in the Lower Pool.

English Standard Version
and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many. You collected the waters of the lower pool,

New American Standard Bible
And you saw that the breaches In the wall of the city of David were many; And you collected the waters of the lower pool.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the city of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

International Standard Version
and saw that there were many breaches in the City of David. So you stored up water from the Lower Pool,

American Standard Version
And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,

Darby Bible Translation
and ye have seen the breaches of the city of David, that they are many; and ye have gathered together the waters of the lower pool;

Young's Literal Translation
And the breaches of the city of David ye have seen, For they have become many, And ye gather the waters of the lower pool,

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

22:8-14 The weakness of Judah now appeared more than ever. Now also they discovered their carnal confidence and their carnal security. They looked to the fortifications. They made sure of water for the city. But they were regardless of God in all these preparations. They did not care for his glory in what they did. They did not depend upon him for a blessing on their endeavours. For every creature is to us what God makes it to be; and we must bless him for it, and use it for him. There was great contempt of God's wrath and justice, in contending with them. God's design was to humble them, and bring them to repentance. They walked contrary to this. Actual disbelief of another life after this, is at the bottom of the carnal security and brutish sensuality, which are the sin, the shame, and ruin of so great a part of mankind. God was displeased at this. It is a sin against the remedy, and it is not likely they should ever repent of it. Whether this unbelief works by presumption or despair, it produces the same contempt of God, and is a token that a man will perish wilfully.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

9. Ye have seen—rather, "Ye shall see."

city of David—the upper city, on Zion, the south side of Jerusalem (2Sa 5:7, 9; 1Ki 8:1); surrounded by a wall of its own; but even in it there shall be "breaches." Hezekiah's preparations for defense accord with this (2Ch 32:5).

ye gathered—rather, "ye shall gather."

lower pool—(See on [728]Isa 22:11). Ye shall bring together into the city by subterranean passages cut in the rock of Zion, the fountain from which the lower pool (only mentioned here) is supplied. See on [729]Isa 7:3; 2Ki 20:20; 2Ch 32:3-5, represent Hezekiah as having stopped the fountains to prevent the Assyrians getting water. But this is consistent with the passage here. The superfluous waters of the lower pool usually flowed into Hinnom valley, and so through that of Jehoshaphat to the brook Kedron. Hezekiah built a wall round it, stopped the outflowing of its waters to debar the foe from the use of them, and turned them into the city.