Lamentations 4:16-18

World English Bible

¹⁶ Yahweh’s anger has scattered them.
    He will not pay attention to them any more.
They didn’t respect the persons of the priests.
    They didn’t favor the elders.

¹⁷ Our eyes still fail,
    looking in vain for our help.
    In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

¹⁸ They hunt our steps,
    so that we can’t go in our streets.
Our end is near.
    Our days are fulfilled,
    for our end has come.