⁶ Elam^(A) takes up the quiver,^(B)
    with her charioteers and horses;
    Kir^(C) uncovers the shield.
⁷ Your choicest valleys^(D) are full of chariots,
    and horsemen are posted at the city gates.^(E)

⁸ The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah,
    and you looked in that day^(F)
    to the weapons^(G) in the Palace of the Forest.^(H)
9 You saw that the walls of the City of David
    were broken through^(I) in many places;
you stored up water
    in the Lower Pool.^(J)