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·The soldiers from Elam [L Elam] will ·gather their arrows [L pick up its quiver]
    and their chariots and men on horses.
    Kir will ·prepare [L uncover] their shields.
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].

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Elam(A) takes up the quiver,(B)
    with her charioteers and horses;
    Kir(C) uncovers the shield.
Your choicest valleys(D) are full of chariots,
    and horsemen are posted at the city gates.(E)

The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah,
    and you looked in that day(F)
    to the weapons(G) in the Palace of the Forest.(H)

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