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Isaiah 22:11

Ye made also a ditch between the two walls, those of the city proper and of the fortress, for the water of the old pool, also known as the upper pool, west of the city, thus making careful provisions for all emergencies, as they thought; but ye have not looked unto the Maker thereof, neither had respect unto Him that fashioned it long ago; in their calculations and plans they disregarded the Lord altogether, although it was He at whose command the defenses were originally made and who caused the fountains to flow; it was He also who was preparing a severe punishment upon Jerusalem.

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See also Isaiah 22:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 22:11. _UNTO THE MAKER THEREOF_ - "To him that hath disposed this"] That is, to God the Author and Disposer of this visitation, the invasion with which he now threatens you. The very same...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    YE MADE ALSO A DITCH - That is, they made a “reservoir” to retain the water. The word ‘ditch,’ however, will well describe the character of the pool of Gihon on the west side of the city (see the note...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 22 The Burden of the Valley of Vision (Jerusalem) 1. _Jerusalem's deplorable state (Isaiah 22:1)_ 2. _The invading armies (Isaiah 22:5)_ 3. _The siege and the calamity (Isaiah 22:8)_ 4. Shebn...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JERUSALEM'S INEXCUSABLE FRIVOLITY. The prophecy apparently belongs to the time of Sennacherib's invasion. Its menacing tone contrasts with that of some other prophecies of the time. The people had pro...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DITCH. a gathering of waters....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    For _ditch_read RESERVOIR as R.V. The "old pool" is very probably the pool of Siloam (though this is not certain) and the "reservoir" would be intended to retain its surplus water. _between the two wa...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Isaiah 22:1-14. The inexpiable sin of Jerusalem The key to this passage the most lurid and minatory of all Isaiah's prophecies is the irreconcileable antagonism between the mood of the prophet and th...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The preparations for the siege. Cf. 2 Chronicles 32:2-5; 2Ch 32:30; 2 Kings 20:20....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THOU DIDST LOOK IN THAT DAY, &C.— Or, _And thou shalt look,_ &c. The verbs may be rendered throughout in the future. The third member of the former part contains the causes of these judgments; nam...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO 2. JUDAH a. IRREVERENT ATTITUDES TEXT: Isaiah 22:1-14 1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? 2 O thou that...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. YE MADE ALSO A DITC...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    22:11 it (f-36) Or 'had determined (or 'purposed') it.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JERUSALEM REBUKED A severe rebuke of the conduct of the people of Jerusalem in a time of calamity. The crisis refered to cannot be certainly identified. The difficulty in assigning the passage to Sen...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DITCH] RV 'reservoir.' THE OLD POOL] probably the pool of Siloam. THE MAKER THEREOF] RV 'him that hath done this,' i.e. God who has brought this trouble upon them....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 22 GOD WARNS *JERUSALEM V1 (A special message that God gave to Isaiah about *Jerusal...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    It was the *Lord who gave *Jerusalem to David to be his capital (see 2 Samuel 5:6-10). And it was the *Lord who gave the entire country to his people (see Joshua 1:2). The people could not have obtain...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ מִקְוָ֣ה ׀ עֲשִׂיתֶ֗ם בֵּ֚ין הַ חֹ֣מֹתַ֔יִם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s 1, 22 and 33, wit...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In the midst of the prophecies concerning the nations occurs one of protest against the indifference of Jerusalem to the prophet's messages. He first describes the joyous people as they stand in contr...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the (n) water of the old pool: but ye have not looked to (o) its maker, neither had respect to him that fashioned it long ago. (n) To provide if need sh...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Walls. Manasses enclosed the pool within walls, forming a second town, 4 Kings xxii. 29. --- Ago. You have not imitated the piety of Ezechias._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Whatever were the histories in the siege of Judah, as this scripture records, I stay not to inquire; but I think, without violence to the expressions, by the uncovering of Judah, and the breaches of t...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    11._You made also a ditch. _The first clause of this verse relates to the former subjects; for he means that they were reduced to the last necessity, and that the great approaching danger struck them...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23. In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of Je...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    YE MADE ALSO A DITCH BETWEEN THE TWO WALLS,.... The outward and the inward; for Hezekiah not only repaired the broken wall, but he built another without, 2 Chronicles 32:5 and between these two he mad...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 11. _Ye made a d...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And he_ Namely, the enemy Sennacherib, of whose invasion he seems to speak; _discovered the covering of Judah_ Took those fenced cities which were a covering or safeguard, both to the people of Judah...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE TWO WALLS; either those 2 KINGS 25:4, or those 2 CHRONICLES 32:5, in both which places we read of two walls. FOR THE WATER OF THE OLD POOL; to receive the waters conveyed into it by pipes from the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 22:11 made H6213 (H8804) reservoir H4724 walls H2346 water H4325 old H3465 pool H1295 look H5027 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S PEOPLE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN EXCESSIVE AND UNJUSTIFIED HILARITY RESULTING FROM FALSE CONFIDENCE, OR MOURNING OVER SIN AND TRUSTING IN HIM (ISAIAH 22:1) Jerusalem is seen as having become a scene o...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The burden of the valley of vision, telling of coming grievous distress. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah, Elam, Kir, Shebna, Eliakim. CONCLUSION: When God threatens His people with judgment, He ex...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 22:1. _The valley of vision._ A valley near Jerusalem, so called because of a school of the prophets said to have been there. Isaiah 22:3. _All thy rulers are fled._ All thy captains of hundred...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Ye have not looked unto the Maker thereof_ A GODLESS PRUDENCE They take measures to supply the city with water during its siege, and to cut it off, if possible, from the besiegers. “Why,” as it is...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:1 The fourth oracle shows the light of the world, Jerusalem, growing dark. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:8 These verses show the irony of pursuing military readiness while neglecting the sovereign God who controls the situation. ⇐...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 22:1 A PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM. The prophet, present in Jerusalem, either actually, or at any rate in spirit, _sees _the inhabitants crowded together upon the housetops, in a sta...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 22 he turns his attention to Jerusalem, which is referred to as the valley of vision. And this is, The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that you've gone up to the h...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 16:7; 2 Chronicles 6:6; Isaiah 17:7; Isaiah 31:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thereof — Of Jerusalem, expressed in the foregoing verse. Him — God, who made it a city, and the place of his special presence and worship. Long ago — Which may be added to aggravate their sin, in dis...

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