Jeremiah 50:16-18

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Cut Babylon off from those who plant
    and those who harvest the crops,
        because of its ruthless sword.^[a]
Now return, all of you, to your people;
    flee to your homeland!

¹⁷ Israelites are scattered sheep,
    driven away by lions.
First the king of Assyria devoured them,
    and now Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar has ravaged them.^[b]