KJV King James Version
Israel [is] a scattered sheep; the lions have driven [him] away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
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Jeremiah 50:17
Israel [is] a scattered sheep; the lions have driven [him] away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
WEB World English Bible
Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.
ASV American Standard Version
Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A scattered sheep is Israel, lions have driven away, At first, devour him did the king of Asshur, And now, at last, broken his bone Hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 50
14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it [is] the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
17 Israel [is] a scattered sheep; the lions have driven [him] away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and [there shall be] none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
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שֶׂ֧הH7716 · sehsheepפְזוּרָ֛הH6340 · pa.zarto scatterיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאֲרָי֣וֹתH738 · a.rilionהִדִּ֑יחוּH5080 · na.dachto banishהָרִאשׁ֤וֹןH7223 · ri.shonfirstאֲכָלוֹ֙H398 · a.khalto eatמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאַשּׁ֔וּרH804 · ash.shurAssyriaוְזֶ֤הH2088 · zehthisהָאַחֲרוֹן֙H314 · a.cha.ronlastעִצְּמ֔וֹH6105 · a.tsombe vastנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֖רH5019 · ne.vu.khad.nets.tsarNebuchadnezzarמֶ֥לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingבָּבֶֽל׃ סH894 · ba.velBabylon
Cross-references
Jeremiah 2:15The young lions roared upon him, [and] yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.2 Kings 18:9-13And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which [was] the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [that] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.1 Peter 2:25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.Joel 3:2I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.John 10:10-12The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.Jeremiah 50:6My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away [on] the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.Jeremiah 52:1Zedekiah [was] one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.Jeremiah 51:38They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.2 Chronicles 36:1-23Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.Jeremiah 23:1-2Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.Isaiah 36:1-22Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, [that] Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.Isaiah 47:6I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.Matthew 9:36-38But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.2 Chronicles 33:11Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.2 Chronicles 28:20And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.2 Kings 24:1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.2 Chronicles 32:1-23After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.Jeremiah 39:1-8In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
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