Isaiah 22:9

9 and you saw that the breaches in the walls of the city of David were many, and you gathered the waters of the lower pool.

Isaiah 22:9 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 22:9

Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that
they are many
Not Jerusalem in general, but that part of it which was called the stronghold of Zion, and in particular had the name of the city of David, ( 2 Samuel 5:7 ) the fortifications of which, in times of peace, had gone to decay; and which they had seen before, but took no notice of, being in safety; but now besieged, and in great danger, they looked upon them in good earnest, in order to repair them, and secure themselves from the irruption of the enemy; for this is not to be understood of breaches now made by the Assyrian army, but of old ones, which had lain neglected; see ( 2 Chronicles 32:5 ) : and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool:
not to make mortar with, to be used in repairing the breaches, as Kimchi; but either that they might be as a wall round about the place, as Aben Ezra; or rather to deprive the enemy of them, and cut off all communications from him, and to supply the inhabitants of the city with them; see ( 2 Chronicles 32:3 2 Chronicles 32:4 ) . The Septuagint version is, "and he turned the water of the old pool into the city": but the old pool was another pool hereafter mentioned, and was without the city, the same with the upper pool; whereas this was the lower, and was in the city. The Targum is,

``and ye gathered the people to the waters of the lower pool.''

Isaiah 22:9 In-Context

7 And this happened: the choicest of your valleys were full of chariots, and the cavalry confidently stood at the gate.

8 And he uncovered the covering of Judah. And you looked, on that day, to the weapons of the House of the Forest,

9 and you saw that the breaches in the walls of the city of David were many, and you gathered the waters of the lower pool.

10 And you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.

11 And you made a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the old pool, but you did not look to its maker, and you did not see {the one who created it long ago}.