Lamentations 4:17–22

17 Still our eyes failed,

looking for our help in vain;

in our watchtower, we kept watch

for a nation that could not save.

18 They hunted our steps,

from walking in our streets;

our end has come near, ⌊our days are finished⌋,f

our end has come.

19 Our pursuers were swifter

than the eagles of the heavens;

they chased us on the mountains,

they have set an ambush for us in the desert.

20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed one of Yahweh,

was captured in their pits;

of whom we said, “In his shadow

we will live among the nations.”

21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,

you who dwell in the land of Uz;

but to you also the cup will pass,

you will become drunk and strip yourself bare.

22 The punishment of your iniquity is completed, O daughter of Zion,

your exile will not continue;

but he will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom,

he will reveal your sins.