For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.

And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

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The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day(A)
    of tumult and trampling(B) and terror(C)
    in the Valley of Vision,(D)
a day of battering down walls(E)
    and of crying out to the mountains.
Elam(F) takes up the quiver,(G)
    with her charioteers and horses;
    Kir(H) uncovers the shield.
Your choicest valleys(I) are full of chariots,
    and horsemen are posted at the city gates.(J)

The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah,
    and you looked in that day(K)
    to the weapons(L) in the Palace of the Forest.(M)

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