Lamentations 4:17-22

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁷ Yet our eyes were spent,
Looking for ^[a]help was ^(A)vanity;
In our watching we have watched
For a ^(B)nation that could not save.

¹⁸ They ^(C)hunted our steps
So that we could not walk in our open squares;
Our ^(D)end drew near,
Our days were ^[b]finished,
For our end had come.

¹⁹ Our pursuers were ^(E)swifter
Than the eagles of the sky;
They hotly pursued us on the mountains;
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

²⁰ The ^(F)breath of our nostrils, the ^(G)anointed of Yahweh,
Was ^(H)captured in their pits,
Of whom we had said, “Under his ^(I)shadow
We shall live among the nations.”

²¹ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of ^(J)Edom,
Who inhabits the land of Uz;
But the ^(K)cup will pass on to you as well;
You will become drunk and make yourself naked.

²² The punishment of your iniquity has come ^(L)to an end, O daughter of Zion;
He will exile you no longer.
But He ^(M)will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom;
He will expose your sins!