Lamentations 4:18
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They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!
In other translations
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!
Hebrew words
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