Lamentations 4:15-17

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁵ People shouted, “Go away!
    Go away! Don’t touch us.”
They wandered around and had no home.
    People in other nations said,
    “We don’t want them to live with us.”
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.