1 A prophecy against the Valley of Vision:What troubles you now,that you have all gone up on the roofs,
2 you town so full of commotion,you city of tumult and revelry?Your slain were not killed by the sword,nor did they die in battle.
3 All your leaders have fled together;they have been captured without using the bow.All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,having fled while the enemy was still far away.
4 Therefore I said, ‘Turn away from me;let me weep bitterly.Do not try to console meover the destruction of my people.’
5 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a dayof tumult and trampling and terrorin the Valley of Vision,a day of battering down wallsand of crying out to the mountains.
6 Elam takes up the quiver,with her charioteers and horses;Kir uncovers the shield.