"On that day,"declaresthe LORD,"There will be the soundof a cryfrom the FishGate,A wailfrom the SecondQuarter, And a loudcrashfrom the hills.
Nevertheless, Davidcapturedthe strongholdof Zion,that is the cityof David.
So Davidlivedin the strongholdand calledit the cityof David.And Davidbuiltallaroundfrom the Milloand inward.
So Hilkiahthe priest,Ahikam,Achbor,Shaphan,and Asaiahwentto Huldahthe prophetess,the wifeof Shallumthe sonof Tikvah,the sonof Harhas,keeperof the wardrobe(now she livedin Jerusalemin the SecondQuarter); and they spoketo her.
Then Solomonbeganto buildthe houseof the LORDin Jerusalemon MountMoriah,where[the LORD] had appearedto his fatherDavid,at the placethat Davidhad preparedon the threshingfloorof Ornanthe Jebusite.
So the LORDsavedHezekiahand the inhabitantsof Jerusalemfrom the handof Sennacheribthe kingof Assyriaand from the handof all[others], and guidedthem on everyside.
Now afterthishe builtthe outerwallof the cityof Davidon the westsideof Gihon,in the valley,even to the entranceof the FishGate;and he encircledthe Ophel[with it] and madeit veryhigh.Then he putarmycommandersin allthe fortifiedcitiesof Judah.
So Hilkiahand [those] whomthe kinghad told wentto Huldahthe prophetess,the wifeof Shallumthe sonof Tokhath,the sonof Hasrah,the keeperof the wardrobe(now she livedin Jerusalemin the SecondQuarter); and they spoketo her regarding this.
and abovethe Gateof Ephraim,by the OldGate,by the FishGate,the Towerof Hananeland the Towerof the Hundred,as faras the SheepGate;and they stoppedat the Gateof the Guard.
Now the sonsof Hassenaahbuiltthe FishGate;they laidits beamsand hungits doorswith its boltsand bars.
Allof us growllike bears,And moansadlylike doves;We hopefor justice,but thereis none,For salvation,[but] it is farfrom us.
in the eleventhyearof Zedekiah,in the fourthmonth,in the ninth[day] of the month,the city[wall] was breached.
For I hearda cryas of a woman in labor,The anguishas of one givingbirthto her firstchild,The cryof the daughterof Ziongaspingfor breath,Stretchingout her hands,[saying], "Ah,woeis me, for I faintbefore murderers."
"Then you will knowthat I am the LORD,when their slainare amongtheir idolsaroundtheir altars,on everyhighhill,on allthe topsof the mountains,undereverygreentreeand undereveryleafyoak--the placeswherethey offeredsoothingaromato alltheir idols.
"The songsof the palacewill turnto wailingin that day,"declaresthe LordGOD."Many[will be] the corpses;in everyplacethey will castthem forth in silence."
A dayof wrathis that day,A dayof troubleand distress,A dayof destructionand desolation,A dayof darknessand gloom,A dayof cloudsand thickdarkness,
Be silentbeforethe LordGOD!For the dayof the LORDis near,For the LORDhas prepareda sacrifice,He has consecratedHis guests.