Lamentations 4:17-19

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁷ Our eyes are still worn out, looking in vain for our help.
    In our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not save us.
¹⁸ They hunted our steps, preventing us from going into the public squares of our city.
    Our end has drawn near. Our days are finished, for our end has come.
¹⁹ Our pursuers were faster than eagles in the sky.
    On the mountains they were in hot pursuit of us. In the wilderness they waited to ambush us.