4 Therefore I said, “Look away from me,
^aI will weep bitterly;
Do not labor to comfort me
Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.” ‡

5 ^aFor it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
^bBy the Lord God of hosts
In the Valley of Vision—
Breaking down the walls
And of crying to the mountain. ‡

9 ^aYou also saw the¹ damage to the city of David,
That it was great;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool. ‡

10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
And the houses you broke down
To fortify the wall.