Lamentations 4:17-19

The Message

¹⁷ We watched and watched,
    wore our eyes out looking for help. And nothing.
We mounted our lookouts and looked
    for the help that never showed up.

¹⁸ They tracked us down, those hunters.
    It wasn’t safe to go out in the street.
Our end was near, our days numbered.
    We were doomed.

¹⁹ They came after us faster than eagles in flight,
    pressed us hard in the mountains, ambushed us in the desert.