16 (A)The Lord himself[a] has scattered them;
    he will regard them no more;
(B)no honor was shown to the priests,
    (C)no favor to the elders.

17 (D)Our eyes failed, ever watching
    (E)vainly for help;
in our watching we watched
    for (F)a nation which could not save.

18 (G)They dogged our steps
    so that we could not walk in our streets;
(H)our end drew near; our days were numbered,
    for our end had come.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:16 Hebrew The face of the Lord

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