^18 (A)Plans are established by counsel;
^(B)By wise counsel wage war.

^22 (A)Without counsel, plans go awry,
But in the multitude of counselors they are established.

³⁴ “For who has known the ^(A)mind of the Lord?
Or ^(B)who has become His counselor?”

^8 (A)He removed the ^[a]protection of Judah.
You looked in that day to the armor ^(B)of the House of the Forest;
^9 (C)You also saw the ^[b]damage to the city of David,
That it was great;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
¹⁰ You numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
And the houses you broke down
To fortify the wall.
^11 (D)You also made a reservoir between the two walls
For the water of the old ^(E)pool.
But you did not look to its Maker,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.