6. The people of Elam and Kirattacked with chariotsand carried shields.
7. Your most beautiful valleyswere covered with chariots;your cities were surroundedby cavalry troops.
8. Judah was left defenceless.At that time you trusted in the weapons you had stored in Forest Palace.
9. You saw the holes in the outer wall of Jerusalem, and you brought water from the lower pool.
10. You counted the houses in Jerusalem and tore down some of them, so you could get stones to repair the city wall.
11. Then you built a large tank between the walls to store the water. But you refused to trust the God who planned this long ago and made it happen.
12. When all this happened,the Lord All-Powerful told youto weep and mourn,to shave your heads,and wear sackcloth.