Lamentations 4:18-20

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁸ Our steps were closely followed
so that we could not walk in our streets.
Our end approached;^(A) our time ran out.
Our end had come!

¹⁹ Those who chased us were swifter
than eagles in the sky;^(B)
they relentlessly pursued us over the mountains
and ambushed us in the wilderness.

²⁰ The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,^[a](C)
was captured in their traps.
We had said about him,
“We will live under his protection among the nations.”