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Isaiah 22:11

What does Isaiah 22:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 22:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And you made a place between the two walls for storing the waters of the old pool: but you gave no thought to him who had done this, and were not looking to him by whom it had been purposed long before.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And you made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: and you have not looked up to the maker thereof, nor regarded him even at a distance, that wrought it long ago.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and ye have made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not had regard unto the maker thereof, neither have ye looked unto him that fashioned it long ago.

Context

v.10and ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye brake down the houses to fortify the wall;

v.11This passage

v.12And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Micah 7:7

    But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  • Jeremiah 39:4

    And it came to pass that, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, through the gate betwixt the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.

  • 2 Kings 25:4

    Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:3

    he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city; and they helped him.

  • Isaiah 37:26

    Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

  • Jeremiah 33:2

    Thus saith Jehovah that doeth it, Jehovah that formeth it to establish it; Jehovah is his name:

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