2. This city was so happy, but now there is a terrible uproar. There are bodies lying everywhere, but they were not killed with swords. The people died, but not while fighting.
3. All your officers ran away together, but they have all been captured without bows. All the leaders ran away together, but they were found and captured.
4. So I say, “Don’t look at me! Let me cry! Don’t rush to comfort me about the destruction of Jerusalem.”
5. The Lord GOD All-Powerful chose a special day for there to be riots and confusion. People trampled on each other in the Valley of Vision. The city walls were pulled down. People in the valley shouted up at those on the mountain.
6. Horse soldiers from Elam took their bags of arrows and rode into battle. Soldiers from Kir rattled their shields.
7. Your favorite valley was filled with chariots. Horse soldiers were stationed in front of the city gates.
8. Then the cover protecting Judah was removed, and the people turned to the weapons they kept at the Forest Palace.
9-11. Then you noticed how many cracks there were in the walls around the City of David, so you began collecting water from the Lower Pool. You counted the houses and used stones from them to repair the walls. Then you built a pool between the double walls for storing water from the Old Pool. You did all this to protect yourselves, but you did not trust the God who made all these things. You did not even notice the one who made all these things so long ago.