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Lamentations 4:18

16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

17 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 hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!
KJV
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
WEB
They hunt our steps, so that we can’t go in our streets. Our end is near. Our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.
ASV
They hunt our steps, so that we cannot go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
DARBY
They hunted our steps, that we could not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
BLB
They tracked our steps, from walking in our own streets; our end came near; our days were fulfilled, for our end had come.
ÅB
De lurte på våre skritt, så vi ikke kunne gå på våre gater; vår ende var kommet nær, vår tid var omme, ja, vår ende var kommet.
OTB
De jaget våre skritt så vi ikke kunne gå i våre gater. Vår ende var nær, våre dager var talt, for vår ende var kommet.
B1930
De lurte på våre skritt, så vi ikke kunde gå på våre gater; vår ende var kommet nær, vår tid var omme, ja, vår ende var kommet.

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Cross references

  • Amos 8:2

    And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

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  • Psalms 140:11

    Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

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  • Ezekiel 7:2–12

    Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

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  • Lamentations 3:52

    Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

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  • Jeremiah 16:16

    Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

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  • 1 Samuel 24:14

    After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

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  • Job 10:16

    For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

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  • 2 Kings 25:4–5

    And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.

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