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Lamentations 4:18-20
New Catholic Bible
Lamentations 4:18-20
New Catholic Bible
18 Men dogged our steps
so that we were unable to walk in our streets.
Our end drew near; our days were numbered;
our time had come.
19 Our pursuers were swifter
than eagles in the heavens.
They hounded us over the mountains
and lay in ambush for us in the wilderness.
20 The Lord’s anointed,[a] our breath of life,
was caught in their traps,
he in whose shadow we thought
that we could live in safety among the nations.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:20 The Lord’s anointed: King Zedekiah, the Lord’s anointed, was taken prisoner (see 2 Ki 25:4-7).