Isaiah 22:4-6

The Voice

⁴ This is why I said, “Just leave me alone;
    let me weep bitterly over this travesty.
Don’t tell me it’s not that bad, or that everything will be all right.
    We’re talking about the destruction of my cherished people!”
⁵ The Lord, the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies,
    determined that this would be the time for destruction—
Smashing and crashing, wreaking havoc and chaos in the valley of Vision,
    battering down walls and crying out to the mountains.
⁶ You tried, but how could you hold off Elam’s skilled archers
    with chariots and horsemen and Kir’s soldiers—shields held high.