Isaiah 22:5-7

The Voice

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.
⁷ The invader’s chariots overran your pristine valleys,
    and their horsemen made their stand at the city gates.