Lamentations 4:18-20

Expanded Bible

¹⁸ ·Our enemies [^LThey] ·hunted [dogged] ·us [^Lour steps],
    so we could not even walk in the ·streets [public areas].
Our end is near. Our ·time [^Ldays] ·is [^Lfill] up.
    Our end has come.

¹⁹ Those who ·chased [pursued] us
    were faster than eagles in the ·sky [heavens].
They ·ran [chased] us into the mountains
    and ambushed us in the ·desert [wilderness].

²⁰ The Lord’s ·appointed king [anointed; ^CJudah’s king], ·who was our very breath [^Lthe breath of our life/nostrils],
    was caught in their traps [2 Kin. 25:5–7].
We had said about him, “We will ·be protected by him [^Llive in his shadow/shade]
    among the nations.”