6 And Elam bore the quiverwith chariots and horsemen,and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots,and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.
8 He has taken away the covering of Judah.In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,
9 and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many. You collected the waters of the lower pool,
10 and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
11 You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.
12 In that day the Lord God of hostscalled for weeping and mourning,for baldness and wearing sackcloth;