NASB
"Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save."
— Lamentations 4:17, NASB
“As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.”
“ Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save. ”
“Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.”
“ע(Ayin)The People of Jerusalem Lament: Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us.”
“Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save.”
“Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.”
“As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.”
They wandered, blind, in the streets; They were defiled with blood So that no one could touch their garments.
"Depart! Unclean!" they cried of themselves. "Depart, depart, do not touch!" So they fled and wandered; Men among the nations said, "They shall not continue to dwell with us."
The presence of the LORD has scattered them, He will not continue to regard them; They did not honor the priests, They did not favor the elders.
Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save.
They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come.
Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
The breath of our nostrils, the LORD'S anointed, Was captured in their pits, Of whom we had said, "Under his shadow We shall live among the nations."