⁶ “My people have been lost sheep;^(A)
    their shepherds^(B) have led them astray^(C)
    and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountain and hill^(D)
    and forgot their own resting place.^(E)

¹⁷ “Israel is a scattered flock^(A)
    that lions^(B) have chased away.
The first to devour^(C) them
    was the king^(D) of Assyria;
the last to crush their bones^(E)
    was Nebuchadnezzar^(F) king^(G) of Babylon.”