6. And Ěylam bore the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Qir bared the shield.
7. And it shall be that your choicest valleys shall be filled with chariots, and the horsemen shall take up positions at the gate.
8. Then He removed the covering of Yehuḏah. And you looked in that day to the weapons of the House of the Forest.
9. And you saw the breaches of the city of Dawiḏ, that it was great. And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10. And you counted the houses of Yerushalayim, and the houses you broke down to strengthen the wall.
11. And you dug a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you have not looked to its Maker, nor have you seen Him who fashioned it long ago.
12. And in that day the Master יהוה of hosts called for weeping and for mourning, for baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
13. Then see! Joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating meat and drinking wine, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14. And it was revealed in my hearing by יהוה of hosts, “For this crookedness shall certainly not be pardoned until you die,” said the Master יהוה of hosts.