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Your ·nicest [choicest; fairest] valleys will be filled with chariots.
    Horsemen ·will be ordered to guard [take their positions at] the gates of the city.
    ·The walls protecting Judah will fall [L He removed defenses/covering from Judah; C “He” could be the Lord or the invading army].

·At that time [L In that day] the people of Jerusalem ·depended on [looked to]
    the weapons kept at the ·Palace [L house] of the Forest [C probably the royal armory; 1 Kin. 7:2–5; 10:16–17].
You saw that the walls of Jerusalem
    had many ·cracks that needed repairing [breaches; breaks].
    You stored up water in the lower pool [C preparation for a siege].

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Your choicest valleys(A) are full of chariots,
    and horsemen are posted at the city gates.(B)

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

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