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Isaiah 22:10

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And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
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Isaiah 22:10

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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numbered

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Counted, reckoned, enrolled, listed, included in a company or class, or measured as to number or extent.

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houses

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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.

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fortify

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To strengthen or secure against attack; to make a city, wall, stronghold, or power strong.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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wall

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Sense 1: A structure raised to enclose, divide, or defend a place. Sense 2: Figuratively, a defense or protection.

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22:8¶ And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

22:9Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

22:10And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.

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22:11Ye 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.

22:12And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

22:13And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

22:14And it was revealed in mine ears by the Lord of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts.

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