1. The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2. O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.
3. All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers: all that were found of thee were bound together, they fled afar off.
4. Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labour not to comfort me, for the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
5. For it is a day of discomfiture, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, the Lord of hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.
6. And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
7. And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
8. And he took away the covering of Judah; and thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest.
9. And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool,