Lamentations 4:17

New American Bible - revised edition

Even now our eyes are worn out, searching in vain for help; From our watchtower we have watched for a nation unable to save.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:7

The king of Egypt did not again leave his own land, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River. Reign of Jehoiachin.

Isaiah 20:5

They shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Ethiopia, their hope, and because of Egypt, their boast.

Isaiah 28:18

Your covenant with death shall be canceled and your pact with Sheol shall not stand. When the raging flood passes through, you shall be beaten down by it.

Jeremiah 2:18

And now, why go to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Nile? Why go to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

Jeremiah 2:36

How frivolous you have become in changing your course! By Egypt you will be shamed, just as you were shamed by Assyria.

Jeremiah 2:37

From there too you will go out, your hands upon your head; For the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust, with them you will have no success.

Jeremiah 8:20

“The harvest is over, the summer ended, but we have not yet been saved!”

Lamentations 1:19

I cried out to my lovers, but they failed me. My priests and my elders perished in the city; How desperately they searched for food, to save their lives!

Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem remembers in days of wretched homelessness, All the precious things she once had in days gone by. But when her people fell into the hands of the foe, and she had no help, Her foes looked on and laughed at her collapse.

Lamentations 5:6

We extended a hand to Egypt and Assyria, to satisfy our need of bread.

Ezekiel 29:16

No longer shall they be security for the house of Israel, But a reminder of its iniquity in turning away to follow them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God. Wages for Nebuchadnezzar.