Lamentations 4:17-19

Tree of Life Version

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.
¹⁹ Our pursuers were swifter
    than eagles of the sky;
they pursued us over the mountains;
    they ambushed us in the wilderness.