¹⁷ Israel 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.
¹⁸ I, the Lord All-Powerful,
the God of Israel,
    punished the king of Assyria,
and I will also punish
    the king of Babylonia.
¹⁹ But 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.