Lamentations 4:16-18

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁶Adonai himself scattered them;
he will no longer look after them;
they had no respect for cohanim
and showed no kindness to the leaders.

¹⁷As for us, our eyes are worn out
from looking in vain for help;
we kept on watching and watching
for a nation that couldn’t save us.

¹⁸They keep dogging our steps,
so that we can’t go out in our streets.
Our end is near, our time is up;
yes, our end has come.

Lamentations 4:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶The Lord himself has scattered them;
he no longer watches over them.^(A)
The priests are shown no honor,
the elders^(B) no favor.^(C)

¹⁷Moreover, our eyes failed,
looking in vain^(D) for help;^(E)
from our towers we watched
for a nation^(F) that could not save us.

¹⁸People stalked us at every step,
so we could not walk in our streets.
Our end was near, our days were numbered,
for our end had come.^(G)

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