Lamentations 4:17-22
Legacy Standard Bible
Ayin
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.
Tsadhe
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.
Qoph
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.
Resh
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.”
Sin
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.
Tav
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!
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:17 Lit our help
- Lamentations 4:18 Lit full
Lamentations 4:17-22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
ע Ayin
17 All the while our eyes were failing
as we looked in vain for assistance;(A)
we watched from our towers
for a nation[a] that refused to help.
צ Tsade
18 Our steps were closely followed
so that we could not walk in our streets.
Our end drew near;(B) our time ran out.
Our end had come!
ק Qof
19 Those who chased us were swifter
than eagles in the sky;(C)
they relentlessly pursued us over the mountains
and ambushed us in the wilderness.
ר Resh
20 The Lord’s anointed,[b] the breath of our life,[c](D)
was captured in their traps.
We had said about him,
“We will live under his protection among the nations.”
שׂ Sin
21 So rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,(E)
you resident of the land of Uz!(F)
Yet the cup(G) will pass to you as well;
you will get drunk and expose yourself.
ת Tav
22 Daughter Zion, your punishment is complete;
He will not lengthen your exile.[d]
But He will punish your iniquity, Daughter Edom,
and will expose your sins.(H)
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:17 Probably Egypt
- Lamentations 4:20 = King Zedekiah
- Lamentations 4:20 Lit nostrils
- Lamentations 4:22 Or not deport you again
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