3 All your rulers have fled together,captured without a bow.All your fugitives were captured together;they had fled far away.
4 Therefore I said,“Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly! Do not try to comfort meabout the destruction of my dear people.”
5 For the Lord God of Hostshad a day of tumult, trampling, and confusion in the Valley of Vision —people shouting and crying to the mountains;
6 Elam took up a quiverwith chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 Your best valleys were full of chariots,and horsemen were positioned at the gates.
8 He removed the defenses of Judah.On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
9 You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the city of David. You collected water from the lower pool.