3 All your leaders ran away together – they fled to a distant place;all your refugees were captured together – they were captured without a single arrow being shot.
4 So I say:“Don’t look at me!I am weeping bitterly.Don’t try to console meconcerning the destruction of my defenseless people.”
5 For the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies,has planned a day of panic, defeat, and confusion.In the Valley of Vision people shout and cry out to the hill.
6 The Elamites picked up the quiver,and came with chariots and horsemen;the men of Kir prepared the shield.
7 Your very best valleys were full of chariots;horsemen confidently took their positions at the gate.
8 They removed the defenses of Judah.At that time you lookedfor the weapons in the House of the Forest.
9 You saw the many breaksin the walls of the city of David;you stored up water in the lower pool.