Lamentations 4:17-20 - The People Of Zion Speak Out
17 Our eyes failed, searching in vain for hope; we kept watching and looking for a nation that would not help.
18 Our steps were closely stalked, so we couldn't travel on our own streets. Our end is near, our days are over; indeed, our end has come.
19 Our pursuers were swifter than soaring eagles; they pursued us over the mountains, lying in wait for us in the wilderness.
20 The LORD's anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. About him we had said, "Under his protection we will survive among the nations."