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Jeremiah 50:17

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.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שֶׂ֧הseh[is] sheepH7716 →
פְזוּרָ֛הfe.zu.RahscatteredH6340 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
אֲרָי֣וֹת'a.ra.Yot[which] lionsH738 →
הִדִּ֑יחוּhi.Di.chuthey have driven awayH5080 →
הָרִאשׁ֤וֹןha.ri.Shonthe first [lion]H7223 →
אֲכָלוֹ֙'a.kha.Lohe devoured itH398 →
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428 →
אַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804 →
וְזֶ֤הve.Zehand thisH2088 →
הָאַחֲרוֹן֙ha.'a.cha.rOnthe last [lion]H314 →
עִצְּמ֔וֹi.tze.Mohe gnawed bones itsH6105 →
נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֖רne.vu.khad.re.TzarNebuchadnezzarH5019 →
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428 →
בָּבֶֽל׃ סba.VelBabylonH894 →

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Isaiah 42:22But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”Numbers 24:8God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.Jeremiah 2:15The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.Deuteronomy 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.Lamentations 3:4He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.Jeremiah 50:6My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.Joel 3:2I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.John 10:10–12The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.2 Kings 18:9–13In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.1 Peter 2:25For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.1 Kings 22:17So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”Esther 3:8Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.Ezekiel 34:5They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.Jeremiah 10:25Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.Jeremiah 50:7All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’Matthew 9:36–38When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.Jeremiah 52:1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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