If I have any success and feel proud,\par you hunt me like a person hunts a lion.\par You again show your power against me.\par
Lamentations 4:18 - Easy To Read Version Our enemies hunted us all the time.\par We could not even go out into the streets.\par Our end came near. Our time was up.\par Our end came!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They hunt our steps, That we cannot go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; For our end is come. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [The missiles of the enemy] dog our steps, so that we cannot go into our streets; our end is near, our days are fulfilled–yes, our end has come. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Our steps were tracked; we could no longer walk in our streets. Our end had drawn near; our days were done—our end had definitely come. Catholic Public Domain Version SADE. Our footsteps have slipped on the paths of our own streets. Our end draws near. Our days have been completed, for our end has arrived. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Sade. Our steps have slipped in the way of our streets, our end draweth near: our days are fulfilled, for our end is come. |
If I have any success and feel proud,\par you hunt me like a person hunts a lion.\par You again show your power against me.\par
Lord, don’t let those liars live.\par Make bad things happen\par to those bad people.\par
The Lord said to me, “You have seen very well. And I am watching {\cf2\super [3]} to make sure that my message to you comes true.”
“I will soon send for many fishermen to come to this land.” This message is from the Lord. “Those fishermen will catch the people of Judah. After that happens, I will send for many hunters to come to this land. Those hunters {\cf2\super [133]} will hunt the people of Judah on every mountain and hill and in the cracks of the rocks.
But when Jeremiah got to the Benjamin Gate of Jerusalem, {\cf2\super [321]} the captain in charge of the guards arrested him. The captain’s name was Irijah. Irijah was the son of Shelemiah. Shelemiah was the son of Hananiah. So Irijah the captain arrested Jeremiah and said, “Jeremiah, you are leaving us to join the Babylonian side.”
The prophets tell lies.\par The priests will not do\par what they were chosen to do. {\cf2\super [36]} \par And my people love it this way!\par But what will you people do\par when your punishment comes?”\par
The Lord All-Powerful,\par the God of the people of Israel, says:\par “Babylon is like a threshing floor. {\cf2\super [424]} \par At harvest time, people beat grain\par to separate the good parts from the chaff. {\cf2\super [425]} \par And the time to beat Babylon\par is coming soon.\par
Those people were my enemies\par for no good reason,\par but they hunted me like a bird.\par
Who are you chasing? Who is the king of Israel coming to fight against? You are not chasing someone who will hurt you! It is like you are chasing a dead dog or a flea.