Lamentations 4:17-22

New Century Version

¹⁷ Also, our eyes grew tired,
    looking for help that never came.
We kept watch from our towers
    for a nation to save us.

¹⁸ Our enemies hunted us,
    so we could not even walk in the streets.
Our end is near. Our time is up.
    Our end has come.

¹⁹ Those who chased us
    were faster than eagles in the sky.
They ran us into the mountains
    and ambushed us in the desert.

²⁰ The Lord’s appointed king, who was our very breath,
    was caught in their traps.
We had said about him, “We will be protected by him
    among the nations.”

²¹ Be happy and glad, people of Edom,
    you who live in the land of Uz.
The cup of God’s anger will come to you;
    then you will get drunk and go naked.

²² Your punishment is complete, Jerusalem.
    He will not send you into captivity again.
But the Lord will punish the sins of Edom;
    he will uncover your evil.