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Lamentations 4:17

All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

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ASV

Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עוֹדֵ֙ינוּ֙o.dei.nuyet weH5750 →
תִּכְלֶ֣ינָהtikh.Lei.nahthey failedH3615 →
עֵינֵ֔ינוּ'ei.Nei.nueyes ourH5869 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
עֶזְרָתֵ֖נוּ'ez.ra.Te.nuhelp ourH5833 →
הָ֑בֶלHa.velfutilityH1892 →
בְּצִפִּיָּתֵ֣נוּbe.tzi.pi.ya.Te.nuin watchtower ourH6836 →
צִפִּ֔ינוּtzi.Pi.nuwe watchedH6822 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
גּ֖וֹיGoya nationH1471 →
לֹ֥אlo'[which] notH3808 →
יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃ סyo.Shi.a'it will saveH3467 →

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Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”Ezekiel 29:16Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”Jeremiah 37:7“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.Psalms 108:12Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.2 Kings 24:7Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.Isaiah 20:5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.Psalms 119:123My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.Lamentations 1:7In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.Jeremiah 37:7–10“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.Jeremiah 8:20“The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”Ezekiel 29:6–7Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.Isaiah 31:1–3Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.Jeremiah 2:18Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?Isaiah 30:1–7“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.Lamentations 1:19I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.Jeremiah 2:36How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

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People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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