Lamentations 4:17-22

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.
²⁰ The life breath for our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord,^[a] was caught in their pits.
    We had said of him, “In his shadow we will live among the nations.”
²¹ Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, who dwells in the land of Uz.
    A cup will also come to you. You will become drunk and naked.
²² The punishment for your guilt is finished, daughter of Zion. He will not send you into exile again.
    Daughter of Edom, he punishes your guilt. He reveals your sins.