5 For it is a day of trouble and of treading down and of perplexityby the Lord God of Hostsin the Valley of Vision,a breaking down of the wallsand a crying to the mountains.
6 Elam took up the quiverwith chariots of men and horsemen,and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 Your choicest valleys shall be full of chariots,and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
8 And He shall remove the protection of Judah.You shall depend in that dayon the weapons of the house of the forest;
9 you have seen also that the breachesof the City of David are many;and you gathered together the watersof the lower pool.
10 You have numbered the houses of Jerusalem,and the houses you have broken down to fortify the wall.
11 You also made a reservoir between the two wallsfor the water of the old pool.But you have not looked to its Maker,nor did you respect Him who fashioned it long ago.