Lamentations 4:17-19

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ Also, our eyes ·grew tired [failed],
    looking for help ·that never came [in vain; without purpose; 2:11; Ps. 69:3; 119:82, 123].
We kept watch ·from our towers [or eagerly]
    for a nation ·to save us [^Lthat could not save us/give us victory; ^CJudah had hoped that Egypt would rescue them from Babylon; Jer. 2:18, 36].

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].