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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Gill's Exposition
Israel is a scattered sheep,.... Or like a sheep that is frightened and drove from the fold, and is dispersed, and wanders about here and there; Israel includes all the twelve tribes:
the lions have…
Barnes' Notes
Israel is a scattered sheep - i. e., is like a flock which has been scared and driven in all directions, for lions have chased him. First the king ... - Rather, the first lion “ate him, even the king…
God is here by his prophet, as afterwards in his providence, proceeding in his controversy with Babylon. Observe,
I. The commission and charge given to the instruments that were to be employed in…
Cambridge Bible
The people of God are like a stray sheep, driven hither and thither and preyed upon by savage beasts.
first the king of Assyria, etc.] in deporting the Northern tribes.
and last … bones The people,…
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