Passage

Pursued beyond the streets

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

¹⁹Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on the mountains. They set an ambush for us in the wilderness.

Lamentations 4:19World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The lament describes pursuers faster than eagles, chasing people across mountains and ambushing them in the wilderness.

To understand

The speakers say they can no longer walk in their streets. They also report the capture of the Lord’s anointed, under whose protection they had expected to live among the nations.

A question

Where do the pursuers chase and ambush the speakers?