Isaías 22:10

10 Y contasteis las casas de Jerusalén; y derribasteis casas para fortificar el muro

Isaías 22:10 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 22:10

And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem
To know what number of men were in them, and how many could be spared to do duty, either as watchmen or soldiers; or to know how to levy the tax, and what money they would be able to raise, to defray the charge of the defence of the city; or to see what provisions they had, and so make a computation how long they could hold out the siege; or else to observe what houses might be annoyed by the enemy, and what stood in the way of the repair of the walls, or were proper to pull down, that with the stones and timber of them they might make up the breaches of the wall, and that the stronger, as follows: and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall;
either such as were without the wall, which, had they let them stand, would either have been destroyed by the enemy, or have been a harbour for them; or those upon it, and near it within, which stood in the way of the repair, and were easily beat down by the enemy; or might be a means of communication between them and such as were inclined to be treacherous; with the stones and timber of which houses, when broken down, they strengthened the wall, and so served a better purpose than if they had stood.

Isaías 22:10 In-Context

8 Y desnudó la cobertura de Judá; y miraste en aquel día hacia la casa de armas del bosque

9 Y visteis las roturas de la ciudad de David, que se multiplicaron; y recogisteis las aguas de la pesquera de abajo

10 Y contasteis las casas de Jerusalén; y derribasteis casas para fortificar el muro

11 E hicisteis foso entre los dos muros con las aguas de la pesquera vieja; y no tuvisteis respeto al que lo hizo, ni mirasteis desde la antigüedad al que lo labró

12 Por tanto, el Señor DIOS de los ejércitos, llamó en este día a llanto y a endechas; a raparse el cabello y a vestir cilicio