Lam 4:17 | JFB | STEP | 17. As for us-- This translation forms the best antithesis to the language of the heathen ( , ). Calvin translates, "While as yet we stood as a state, our eyes failed," &c. watched for a nation that could not save us-- Egypt ( ; ; ). Tzaddi.

‏ Lamentations 4:17

17. As for us--This translation forms the best antithesis to the language of the heathen (La 4:15, 16). Calvin translates, "While as yet we stood as a state, our eyes failed," &c.

watched for a nation that could not save us--Egypt (2Ki 24:7; Is 30:7; Jr 37:5-11).

Tzaddi.