16. The Lord himself destroyed them. He didn’t look after them anymore. He didn’t respect the priests. He was not friendly to the elders of Judah.
17. We have worn out our eyes looking for help, but no help comes. We kept on looking for a nation to save us. We kept watch from our watchtower, but no nation came to us.
18. Our enemies hunted us all the time. We could not even go out into the streets. Our end came near. Our time was up. Our end came!