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)