Lamentations 5:5

5:5 We are pursued – they are breathing down our necks; ¹ 

we are weary and have no rest. ² 

[5:5]  ¹ tn Heb “We are hard-driven on our necks”

[5:5]  ² sn For the theological allusion that goes beyond physical rest, see, e.g., Deut 12:10; 25:19; Josh 1:13; 11:23; 2 Sam 7:1, 11; 1 Chron 22:18; 2 Chron 14:6-7