6. The soldiers from Elam will gather their arrowsand their chariots and men on horses.Kir will prepare their shields.
7. Your nicest valleys will be filled with chariots.Horsemen will be ordered to guard the gates of the city.
8. The walls protecting Judah will fall.At that time the people of Jerusalem depended onthe weapons kept at the Palace of the Forest.
9. You saw that the walls of Jerusalemhad many cracks that needed repairing.You stored up water in the lower pool.
10. You counted the houses of Jerusalem,and you tore down houses to repair the walls with their stones.
11. You made a pool between the two wallsto save water from the old pool,but you did not trust the God who made these things;you did not respect the One who planned them long ago.
12. The Lord God All-Powerful told the peopleto cry and be sad,to shave their heads and wear rough cloth.