Lamentations 4:17-22

Jubilee Bible 2000

Ain

¹⁷ As for us, our eyes have failed in seeking our vain help; in our watching we have watched for people that cannot save us.

Tzaddi

¹⁸ They hunt our steps that we cannot walk in our streets; our end came near; our days were fulfilled; for our end is come.

Koph

¹⁹ Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the heaven; they pursued us upon the mountains; they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Resh

²⁰ The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we had said, Under his shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.

²¹ ¶ Schin Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup shall also pass even unto thee; thou shalt be drunken and shalt vomit.

Tau

²² The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will never cause thee to be carried away again; he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will uncover thy sins.