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    The Lord made Judah a place where it wasn’t safe to live anymore.

At that time, you depended
    on the weapons in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
You saw that the walls of the City of David
    were broken through in many places.
You stored up water
    in the Lower Pool.
10 You picked out the weaker buildings in Jerusalem.
    You tore them down and used their stones
    to strengthen the city walls against attack.

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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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