Lamentations 4:17-19

International Children’s Bible

¹⁷ Also, our eyes grew tired
    looking for help that never came.
We kept watch from our towers
    for a nation to save us.

¹⁸ Our enemies hunted us
    so we could not even walk in the streets.
Our end came near. Our time was up.
    Our end came.

¹⁹ The men who chased us
    were faster than eagles in the sky.
They ran us into the mountains.
    They ambushed us in the desert.