Lamentations 4:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Lamentations 4:17 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“While we exist--consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation <FI>that<Fi> saveth not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Lamentations 4:17 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Isaiah 28:18Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.
- Isaiah 30:1“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.
- Isaiah 31:1Woe 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?
- Jeremiah 2:36How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
- Jeremiah 2:37Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”
- Jeremiah 8:20“The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lamentations 5:6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
- Ezekiel 29:6Then 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.
- 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.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).