3. All your rulers fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were bound together. They fled far away.
4. Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
5. For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.”
6. Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
7. Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.