Lamentations 4:18-20

New Century Version

¹⁸ Our enemies hunted us,
    so we could not even walk in the streets.
Our end is near. Our time is up.
    Our end has come.

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

²⁰ The Lord’s appointed king, who was our very breath,
    was caught in their traps.
We had said about him, “We will be protected by him
    among the nations.”