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Therefore I said:
“Look away from me;
    (A)let me weep bitter tears;
do not labour to comfort me
    concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
(B)For the Lord God of hosts has (C)a day
    of tumult and (D)trampling and (E)confusion
    in (F)the valley of vision,
a battering down of walls
    and a shouting to the mountains.
And (G)Elam bore the quiver
    with chariots and horsemen,
    and (H)Kir uncovered the shield.

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Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep(A) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”(B)

The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day(C)
    of tumult and trampling(D) and terror(E)
    in the Valley of Vision,(F)
a day of battering down walls(G)
    and of crying out to the mountains.
Elam(H) takes up the quiver,(I)
    with her charioteers and horses;
    Kir(J) uncovers the shield.

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