Jeremiah 50:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷Israel is a flock of sheep
    scattered by hungry lions.
The king of Assyria^[a]
    first gobbled Israel up.
Then Nebuchadnezzar,^[b]
king of Babylonia,
    crunched on Israel's bones.
¹⁸I, the Lord All-Powerful,
the God of Israel,
    punished the king of Assyria,
and I will also punish
    the king of Babylonia.
¹⁹But I will bring Israel
    back to its own land.
The people will be like sheep
    eating their fill
on Mount Carmel
    and in Bashan,
in the hill country of Ephraim
    and in Gilead.

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Footnotes

50.17 king of Assyria: Either Shalmaneser V, who ruled 726–722 b.c., conquered most of the northern kingdom, and surrounded its capital city Samaria; or Sargon II, who ruled 721–705 b.c. and took thousands of prisoners back to Assyria.
50.17 Nebuchadnezzar: See the note at 21.2.