KJV 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.
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Isaiah 22:11
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.
WEB World English Bible
You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you didn’t look to him who had done this, neither did you have respect for him who purposed it long ago.
ASV American Standard Version
ye made also a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But ye looked not unto him that had done this, neither had ye respect unto him that purposed it long ago.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And a ditch ye made between the two walls, For the waters of the old pool, And ye have not looked unto its Maker, And its Framer of old ye have not seen.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 22
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 looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
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וּמִקְוָ֣ה׀H4724 · miq.vahreservoirעֲשִׂיתֶ֗םH6213 · a.sahto make: doבֵּ֚יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenהַחֹ֣מֹתַ֔יִםH2346 · cho.mahwallלְמֵ֖יH4325 · ma.yimwaterהַבְּרֵכָ֣הH1295 · be.re.khah(Shelah) Poolהַיְשָׁנָ֑הH3465 · ya.shan(Gate of) Yeshanahוְלֹ֤אH3808 · lonotהִבַּטְתֶּם֙H5027 · na.vatto lookאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)עֹשֶׂ֔יהָH6213 · a.sahto make: doוְיֹצְרָ֥הּH3335 · ya.tsarto form: formedמֵֽרָח֖וֹקH7350 · ra.choqdistantלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotרְאִיתֶֽם׃H7200 · ra.ahto see: see
Cross-references
Micah 7:7Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.Jeremiah 33:2-3Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD [is] his name;Isaiah 31:1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!2 Kings 25:4And the city was broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which [is] by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about:) and [the king] went the way toward the plain.Isaiah 17:7At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.2 Chronicles 16:7-9And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.Isaiah 8:17And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.Isaiah 37:26Hast thou not heard long ago, [how] I have done it; [and] of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities [into] ruinous heaps.Nehemiah 3:16After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto [the place] over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.Jeremiah 39:4And it came to pass, [that] when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.2 Kings 20:20And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?2 Chronicles 32:3-4He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which [were] without the city: and they did help him.2 Chronicles 6:6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
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