16. The Lord himself has scattered them.He will no longer look favorably on them.They no longer respected the priests,nor did they honor their older leaders.”
17. “We are still straining our eyes, trying in vain to find help.We waited and waited for a nation that didn’t save us.
18. ⌊The enemy⌋ kept tracking us down,so we couldn’t even go out into the streets.Our end was near.Our time was up.Our end had come.
19. Those who were hunting us were faster than eagles in the sky.They chased us in the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.