Lamentations 4:17-20 - The People Of Zion Speak Out

¹⁷ Yet our eyes failed,
Looking for help was useless;
In our watching we have watched
For a nation that could not save.

¹⁸ They hunted our steps
So that we could not walk in our streets;
Our end drew near,
Our days were finished
For our end had come.

¹⁹ Our pursuers were swifter
Than the eagles of the sky;
They chased us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

²⁰ The breath of our nostrils, the Lord’s anointed,
Was captured in their pits,
Of whom we had said, “Under his shadow
We shall live among the nations.”