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Isaiah 22:10
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8 aHe removed the1 protection of Judah.
You looked in that day to the armor bof the House of the Forest; 
9 aYou also saw the1 damage to the city of David,
That it was great;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool. 
10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
And the houses you broke down
To fortify the wall.
11 aYou also made a reservoir between the two walls
For the water of the old bpool.
But you did not look to its Maker,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago. 
12 And in that day the Lord God of hosts
aCalled for weeping and for mourning,
bFor baldness and for girding with sackcloth. 
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Barnes' Notes
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Isaiah 22:10

And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem - That is, you have taken an estimate of their number so as to ascertain how many can be spared to be pulled down to repair the walls; or you have made an estimate of the amount of materials for repairing the walls, which would be furnished by pulling down the houses in Jerusalem.

To fortify the wall - The houses in Jerusalem were built of stone, and therefore they would furnish appropriate materials for repairing the walls of the city. In II Chronicles 32:5, it is said that Hezekiah not only repaired the broken walls of the city on the approach of Sennacherib, but ' raised up the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.'




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 22:10:

2 Chronicles 32:5
2 Chronicles 32:7
Isaiah 22:1

 

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