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.