Lamentations 4:17-19

International Standard Version

¹⁷ Our eyes failed,
    searching in vain for hope;
we kept watching and looking
    for a nation that would not help.

¹⁸ Our steps were closely stalked,
    so we couldn’t travel on our own streets.
Our end is near,
    our days are over;
        indeed, our end has come.

¹⁹ Our pursuers were swifter
    than soaring eagles;^[a]
they pursued us over the mountains,
    lying in wait for us in the wilderness.