Lamentations 4:16-18

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶ The Lord himself has scattered them,
    he will regard them no more;
no honor was shown to the priests,
    no favor to the elders.

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.