Lamentations 4:18-20

International Standard Version

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.

²⁰ The Lord’s anointed,
    the breath of our life,
        was captured in their pits.
About him we had said,
    “Under his protection we will survive
        among the nations.”