Lamentations 4:16-18

Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ Adonai Himself has scattered them.
    He will look on them no more.
They did not respect the kohanim.
    They did not favor the elders.
¹⁷ Even now our eyes waste away
    looking in vain for our help.
From our towers we watched
    for a nation that could not save us.
¹⁸ They hunted our steps,
    so we could not walk in our streets.
Our end was near.
    Our days were numbered, for our end had come.