a ditch] To furnish you, if need were, with water, 2 Chron. 32. 30.
the old pool] Nehem. 3. 16.
unto the maker thereof] Unto God, that made Jerusalem, Chap. 37. 26. Or, that doth all this, Malachi 3:17. that by the enemy thus afflicteth you, Chap. 10. 5, 6. 2 Kings 24:2. They trusted more in these outward means, then in God; and looked after them more, then after him and his protection, Proverbs 18:10-11.
maker thereof] Or, doer thereof.
fashioned it] Or, framed. devised, purposed it, Jeremiah 18:11.
long ago] Heb. from afar. Jeremiah 31:3.