^17 (A)One thousand will flee at the threat of one man;
You will flee at the threat of five,
Until you are left like a signal post on a mountain top,
And like a flag on a hill.

^3 (A)Judah has gone into exile out of affliction
And ^[a]harsh servitude;
She lives ^(B)among the nations,
But she has not found a resting place;
All those who ^(C)pursued her have overtaken her
In the midst of ^[b]distress.

⁶ All of her ^(A)splendor
Is gone from the daughter of Zion;
Her leaders have become like deer
That have found no pasture,
And they have ^[a](B)fled without strength
^[b]From the pursuer.

¹⁹ Our pursuers were ^(A)swifter
Than the eagles of the sky;
They chased us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.