17 (A)Our eyes failed, ever watching
    (B)vainly for help;
in our watching we watched
    for (C)a nation which could not save.

18 (D)They dogged our steps
    so that we could not walk in our streets;
(E)our end drew near; our days were numbered,
    for our end had come.

19 Our pursuers were (F)swifter
    than the eagles in the heavens;
they chased us on the mountains;
    they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

20 (G)The breath of our nostrils, (H)the Lord's anointed,
    was captured (I)in their pits,
of whom we said, (J)“Under his shadow
    we shall live among the nations.”

21 (K)Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
    you who dwell in (L)the land of Uz;
but to you also (M)the cup shall pass;
    you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.

22 (N)The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is accomplished;
    he will keep you in exile no longer;[a]
but (O)your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will punish;
    he will uncover your sins.

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

  1. Lamentations 4:22 Or he will not exile you again

17 Our eyes failed, ever watching
    vainly for help;
in our watching[a] we watched
    for a nation which could not save.

18 Men dogged our steps
    so that we could not walk in our streets;
our end drew near; our days were numbered;
    for our end had come.

19 Our pursuers were swifter
    than the vultures in the heavens;
they chased us on the mountains,
    they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

20 The breath of our nostrils, the Lord’s anointed,
    was taken in their pits,
he of whom we said, “Under his shadow
    we shall live among the nations.”

21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
    dweller in the land of Uz;
but to you also the cup shall pass;
    you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.

22 The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is accomplished,
    he will keep you in exile no longer;
but your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will punish,
    he will uncover your sins.

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

  1. Lamentations 4:17 Heb uncertain