17. Even now our eyes waste away looking in vain for our help. From our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us.
18. They hunted our steps, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near. Our days were numbered, for our end had come.
19. Our pursuers were swifter than eagles of the sky; they pursued us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness.
20. The anointed of Adonai, the breath of our nostrils, was captured in their pits, of whom we have said, “Under His shadow we will live among the nations.”
21. Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. To you also will the cup be passed. You will be drunk and stripped naked.
22. O daughter of Zion, your punishment is accomplished; He will exile you no longer. But, O daughter of Edom, He will punish your iniquity and uncover your sins.