Lamentations 4:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ The Lord had no more concern for them; he scattered them himself.
    He showed no regard for our priests and leaders.

¹⁷ For help that never came, we looked until we could look no longer.
    We kept waiting for help from a nation that had none to give.

¹⁸ The enemy was watching for us; we could not even walk in the streets.
    Our days were over; the end had come.