Lamentations 4:16-18

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¹⁶ The Lord himself destroyed them.
    He didn’t look after them anymore.
He didn’t respect the priests.
    He was not friendly to the elders of Judah.
¹⁷ We have worn out our eyes looking for help,
    but no help comes.
We kept on looking for a nation to save us.
    We kept watch from our watchtower,
    but no nation came to us.
¹⁸ Our enemies hunted us all the time.
    We could not even go out into the streets.
Our end came near. Our time was up.
    Our end came!