World English Bible
Isaiah 22:9
“You saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.”
Verse in context — Isaiah 22
7
It happened that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
8
He took away the covering of Judah; and you looked in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.
9
You saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10
You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
11
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.
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