וּמִקְוָ֣ה ׀ עֲשִׂיתֶ֗ם בֵּ֚ין הַחֹ֣מֹתַ֔יִם לְמֵ֖י הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה הַיְשָׁנָ֑ה וְלֹ֤א הִבַּטְתֶּם֙ אֶל־עֹשֶׂ֔יהָ וְיֹצְרָ֥הּ מֵֽרָח֖וֹק לֹ֥א רְאִיתֶֽם׃
Gumawa rin kayo ng imbakan ng tubig sa pagitan ng dalawang pader para sa tubig ng lumang tipunan ng tubig; ngunit hindi kayo tumingin sa Gumawa nito, at hindi ninyo pinansin ang Humubog nito noon pang unang panahon.
Rashi
And a ditch you made A pool of water, to be a defense (lit., strength) for the city.
Ibn Ezra
ומקוה And a ditch. מקוה מים ═ מקוה A gathering of water (Lev. 2:36).
Rashi
between the two walls the double walls, the low wall and the high wall, and the water of the old pool.
Rashi
but you did not look to its Maker Now, if you ask, Hezekiah, too, did so, as it is stated (in II Chron. 32:5) “And he strengthened himself, and he built up all the broken down wall, and he went up on the towers and outside the other wall, and he strengthened the Millo of the city of David,” the answer is that Hezekiah “trusted in the Lord God of Israel, etc.” (II Kings 18:5), but you, in the days of Jehoiakim and Zedekiah did not look to its Maker.
Rashi
and Him Who fashioned it from afar From the time He created the world, Jerusalem and the Temple were His intention.