Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
The young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in rui
I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against
In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalm
For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness
My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered f
During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusale
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep witho
Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in w
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swa
The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim se
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them
They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they an
I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was H
They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he s
So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in hi
A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land
After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified
“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities o
Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will ch
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