King James Version
Isaiah 22:10 in the King James Version says “And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.”
Isaiah 22:10 · KJV
And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and the houses”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“And ye have numbered”
H5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra
“and the houses”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“to fortify”
H1219to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e., inaccessible by height or fortification)
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