Lamentations 4:19-21

The Voice

¹⁹ Swifter than eagles in the sky,
    they pursued us through the mountains;
And in all the wild places,
    they hunted us and lay in wait.

²⁰ Trapped, our king, the Eternal’s anointed, the breath of our life,
    was taken to their pits;
Of him we said, “He casts a long shadow
    that will protect us from the nations.”

²¹ Utter your words of joy: Edom, inhabitants of the land of Uz,
    go ahead—be happy.
In time the cup of suffering will be yours too,
    and you’ll drink so deeply, so perilously as to be intoxicated and stripped naked.