Lamentations 4:18-20

Darby Translation

¹⁸They hunted our steps, that we could not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

¹⁹Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; they chased us hotly upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

²⁰The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

Lamentations 4:18-20

New International Version

¹⁸People stalked us at every step,
so we could not walk in our streets.
Our end was near, our days were numbered,
for our end had come.^(A)

¹⁹Our pursuers were swifter
than eagles^(B) in the sky;
they chased us^(C) over the mountains
and lay in wait for us in the desert.^(D)

²⁰The Lord’s anointed,^(E) our very life breath,
was caught in their traps.^(F)
We thought that under his shadow^(G)
we would live among the nations.

Darby Translation (DARBY)

New International Version (NIV)