⁶ You tried, but how could you hold off Elam’s skilled archers
    with chariots and horsemen and Kir’s soldiers—shields held high.
⁷ The invader’s chariots overran your pristine valleys,
    and their horsemen made their stand at the city gates.
⁸ But God simply did away with Judah’s defenses.
    In that day you put your trust in weapons stored in the armory.