Isaias

1 What aileth thee, then, that thou art gone up, all of thee, to the house tops?

2 She is filled with tumult, an uproarious city, a jubilant town; thy smitten ones are not smitten with the sword, nor dead in battle.

3 All thy rulers are fled together; without the bow they are made captive; all that are found of thee are made captive, they fled afar off

4 Therefore I said, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; press not to comfort me, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

5 For the Lord God of Hosts hath a day of discomfiture, and treading down, and perplexity, in the valley of vision; digging down the wall, and a cry (goeth) to the mountain.

6 And Elam bare a quiver, with troops of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

7 And it cometh to pass, thy choice valleys are full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.

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

9 And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool

10 And ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses did ye break down to fortify the wall.

11 And ye made a lake between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye looked not unto him that made it, neither had respect unto him that formed it long ago.