Ditches - Or “pits” (Jeremiah 14:3). They were to dig pits in the broad valley or wady, in which the water might remain instead …

Make. — Right (infinitive, equivalent to an energetic imperative).

Valley. — Nahal, wadi, torrent…

And he said, thus says the Lord, make this valley full of ditches . ] In which the allied army lay encamped, that they mi…

The king of Israel laments their distress and the danger they were in. He called these kings together, yet he charges it to Providence. Thus th…