Isaiah 22:9 Douay-Rheims

And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,

Rashi

1040–1105 Jewish

the cracks of the city of David The cracks of the wall you saw that they had increased. and you gathered the water of the lower pool Jonathan renders: And you gathered the people to the waters of the lower pool, which is near the cracks of the city of David, to fight there, because you saw that Jerusalem had a weak spot there and was vulnerable to conquest from there.

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