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Isaiah 22:11

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You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.

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Micah 7:7rank 5

But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Isaiah 31:1rank 3

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

Isaiah 17:7rank 3

In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

II Kings 25:4rank 3

Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

Isaiah 8:17rank 2

I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

II Chronicles 6:6rank 2

But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

Jeremiah 39:4rank 2

When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.

Isaiah 37:26rank 2

Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

II Kings 20:20rank 2

As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Nehemiah 3:16rank 2

Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Mighty.

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