4 Therefore I said, “Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly— don’t try to comfort me about the ruin of the daughter of my people.”
5 For my Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot has a day of panic, trampling and confusion— in the Valley of Vision— of tearing down a wall, a catastrophe on the mountain.
6 Elam took up the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 So it will come to pass that your choicest valleys will be full of chariots and horsemen posted at the gate.
8 So He will expose Judah’s defense, and in that day you will look for the armor in the Forest House.
9 Then you will see the breaches in the walls of the city of David—for they will be many—though you collect the water of the lower pool.
10 Though you counted the houses of Jerusalem, you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.