10 And ye numbered the houses [a]of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall,

11 And have also made a ditch between the two walls, for the [b]waters of the old pool, and have not looked unto the maker [c]thereof, neither had respect unto him that formed it of old.

12 And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call unto weeping and mourning, and to baldness and girding with sackcloth.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:10 Either to pull down such as might hurt, or else to know what men they were able to make.
  2. Isaiah 22:11 To provide if need should be of water.
  3. Isaiah 22:11 To God that made Jerusalem: that is, they trusted more in these worldly means, than in God.

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