Lamentations 4:17

Our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; 1 from our watchtowers we watched 1 for a nation that could not rescue us. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16Yahweh himself scattered them; he does not watch over them anymore. 1 They do not honor the priests, 1 and they did not show any favor to the elders. 1

18They followed our steps, 1 we could not walk in our streets. 1 Our end was near and our days were numbered, 1 our end had come. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 20:5They will be dismayed and ashamed, because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their glory.

Isaiah 30:1“Woe to the rebellious children,” this is Yahweh's declaration. 1 “They make plans, but not from me; they make alliances with other nations, 1 but they were not directed by my Spirit, so they add sin to sin. 1

Jeremiah 2:18So now, why take the road to Egypt and drink the waters of Shihor? 1 Why take the road to Assyria and drink the waters of the Euphrates River? 1

Jeremiah 2:37You will also go out from there dejected, with your hands on your head, 1 for Yahweh has rejected the ones whom you trusted, so you will not be helped by them.”

Jeremiah 37:7“Yahweh, God of Israel, says this: This is what you will say to the king of Judah, because he has sent you to seek advice from me, 'See, Pharaoh's army, which came to help you, is about to go back to Egypt, its own land.

Lamentations 1:19I called for my friends, but they were treacherous toward me. 1 My priests and my elders perished in the city, 1 while they sought food to restore their lives. 1

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:14-21

Cause of Jerusalem's Sorrows. ( b. c. 588.) 13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. 15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. 16 The anger of the Lord hath divided… Read the whole commentary →

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