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    The walls protecting Judah will fall.

At that time the people of Jerusalem depended on
    the weapons kept at the Palace of the Forest.
You saw that the walls of Jerusalem
    had many cracks that needed repairing.
    You stored up water in the lower pool.
10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem.
    You tore them down to fix the walls with their stones.

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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)
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)

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