OUR FATHER WHOSE JUDGEMENT WE SHOULD CRY OUT IN SACKCLOTH AND ASHES TO MITIGATE

The book of Isaiah chapter 22 verse 9 says this;

You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places; you stored up water in the Lower Pool.

This verse is an excerpt from a passage that condemns Judah for looking to their own strength and even seeking power from the enchanters of the forests when judgement was brought upon them.

When the people of Judah saw that the walls of Jerusalem were damaged, they rebuilt them using materials from houses they tore down within the city and they filled a reservoir of water in a pool to prepare for the siege.

Instead of crying out to the Lord in sackcloth and ashes to gain forgiveness and ask the Lord to relent from judgement, they worked to defend themselves against the Lord's destruction and they shored up their city against Him and they made merry and feasted on meat and wine as verse 13 says;

But see, there is joy and revelry, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine! “Let us eat and drink,” you say, “for tomorrow we die!”

As revealed to Isaiah, this cynical and fatalistic conduct by the people of Judah would not be atoned for until their dying day ( verse 14 );

 The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: “Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for,” says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.