Lamentations 4:17-22 — Legacy Standard Bible

ע Ayin

¹⁷Yet our eyes were spent,Looking for ¹help was ^avanity;In our watching we have watchedFor a ^bnation that could not save.

צ Tsadhe

¹⁸They ^ahunted our stepsSo that we could not walk in our open squares;Our ^bend drew near,Our days were ¹finished,For our end had come.

ק Qoph

¹⁹Our pursuers were ^aswifterThan the eagles of the sky;They hotly pursued us on the mountains;They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

ר Resh

²⁰The ^abreath of our nostrils, the ^banointed of Yahweh,Was ^ccaptured in their pits,Of whom we had said, “Under his ^dshadowWe shall live among the nations.”

שׂ Sin

²¹Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of ^aEdom,Who inhabits the land of Uz;But the ^bcup will pass on to you as well;You will become drunk and make yourself naked.

ת Tav

²²The punishment of your iniquity has come ^ato an end, O daughter of Zion;He will exile you no longer.But He ^bwill punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom;He will expose your sins!