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Isaiah 22:8-11
New English Translation
Isaiah 22:8-11
New English Translation
8 They[a] removed the defenses[b] of Judah.
At that time[c] you looked
for the weapons in the House of the Forest.[d]
9 You saw the many breaks
in the walls of the City of David;[e]
you stored up water in the lower pool.
10 You counted the houses in Jerusalem,
and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.[f]
11 You made a reservoir between the two walls
for the water of the old pool—
but you did not trust in[g] the one who made it;[h]
you did not depend on[i] the one who formed it long ago.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 22:8 tn Heb “he,” i.e., the enemy invader. NASB, by its capitalization of the pronoun, takes this to refer to the Lord.
- Isaiah 22:8 tn Heb “covering.”
- Isaiah 22:8 tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV); likewise at the beginning of v. 12.
- Isaiah 22:8 sn Perhaps this refers to a royal armory, or to Solomon’s “House of the Forest of Lebanon,” where weapons may have been kept (see 1 Kgs 10:16-17).
- Isaiah 22:9 tn Heb “the breaks of the City of David, you saw that they were many.”
- Isaiah 22:10 tn Heb “you demolished the houses to fortify the wall.”
- Isaiah 22:11 tn Heb “look at”; NAB, NRSV “did not look to.”
- Isaiah 22:11 tn The antecedent of the third feminine singular suffix here and in the next line is unclear. The closest feminine noun is “pool” in the first half of the verse. Perhaps this “old pool” symbolizes the entire city, which had prospered because of God’s provision and protection through the years.
- Isaiah 22:11 tn Heb “did not see.”
New English Translation (NET)
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