Lamentations 4:16-18

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁶ The Lord himself has scattered them.
He will no longer look favorably on them.
They no longer respected the priests,
nor did they honor their older leaders.”

¹⁷ “We are still straining our eyes, trying in vain to find help.
We waited and waited for a nation that didn’t save us.
¹⁸ ⌞The enemy⌟ kept tracking us down,
so we couldn’t even go out into the streets.
Our end was near.
Our time was up.
Our end had come.