5. For a day of trouble and of treading down and of wearing down by the Lord GOD of the hosts is sent in the valley of the vision to break down the wall and give a cry unto the mountain.
6. Also Elam bore the quiver in a chariot of men and of horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
7. And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the soldiers set themselves in array at the gate.
8. And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the house of weapons of the forest.
9. Ye have also seen the breaches of the city of David that they are multiplied, and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.