Lamentations 4:19-21

Good News Translation

¹⁹ Swifter than eagles swooping from the sky, they chased us down.
    They tracked us down in the hills; they took us by surprise in the desert.

²⁰ They captured the source of our life, the king the Lord had chosen,
    the one we had trusted to protect us from every invader.

²¹ Laugh on, people of Edom and Uz; be glad while you can.
    Your disaster is coming too; you too will stagger naked in shame.