“Our eyes still fail,looking in vain for our help.In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.”
Lamentations 4:17 (WEB)
Context Reading
15“Go away!” they cried to them.“Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch!When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations,“They can’t live here any more.” 16Yahweh’s anger has scattered them.He will not pay attention to them any more.They didn’t respect the persons of the priests.They didn’t favor the elders. 17Our eyes still fail,looking in vain for our help.In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save. 18They hunt our steps,so that we can’t go in our streets.Our end is near.Our days are fulfilled,for our end has come. 19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky.They chased us on the mountains.They set an ambush for us in the wilderness.