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.

¹² The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    called you on that day^(L)
to weep^(M) and to wail,
    to tear out your hair^(N) and put on sackcloth.^(O)
13 But see, there is joy and revelry,^(P)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!^(Q)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”^(R)