¹⁸ Plans are established by seeking advice;
    so if you wage war, obtain guidance.^(A)

²² Plans fail for lack of counsel,^(A)
    but with many advisers^(B) they succeed.^(C)

¹³ Who can fathom the Spirit^[a](A) of the Lord,
    or instruct the Lord as his counselor?^(B)

⁸ The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah,
    and you looked in that day^(A)
    to the weapons^(B) in the Palace of the Forest.^(C)
9 You saw that the walls of the City of David
    were broken through^(D) in many places;
you stored up water
    in the Lower Pool.^(E)
10 You counted the buildings in Jerusalem
    and tore down houses^(F) to strengthen the wall.^(G)
11 You built a reservoir between the two walls^(H)
    for the water of the Old Pool,^(I)
but you did not look to the One who made it,
    or have regard^(J) for the One who planned^(K) it long ago.