Jeremiah 50:17 “Israel is like a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first lion that ate them up was the king of Assyria. The last one that broke their bones w...

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New International Reader's Version - “Israel is like a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first lion that ate them up was the king of Assyria. The last one that broke their bones was Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon.”
新标点和合本 - “以色列是打散的羊，是被狮子赶出的。首先是亚述王将他吞灭，末后是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒将他的骨头折断。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 以色列是打散的羊，被狮子赶散。首先是亚述王将他吞灭，末后是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒折断他的骨头。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 以色列是打散的羊，被狮子赶散。首先是亚述王将他吞灭，末后是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒折断他的骨头。
当代译本 - “以色列人是一群被狮子驱散的羊，先被亚述王吞噬，后被巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒咬碎骨头。”
圣经新译本 - 以色列是被赶散的羊，它被狮子赶逐。先是亚述王把它吞灭，现在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒要咬碎它的骨头。
现代标点和合本 - “以色列是打散的羊，是被狮子赶出的，首先是亚述王将他吞灭，末后是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒将他的骨头折断。”
和合本（拼音版） - “以色列是打散的羊，是被狮子赶出的。首先是亚述王将他吞灭；末后是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒将他的骨头折断。”
New International Version - “Israel is a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first to devour them was the king of Assyria; the last to crush their bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
English Standard Version - “Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.
New Living Translation - “The Israelites are like sheep that have been scattered by lions. First the king of Assyria ate them up. Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon cracked their bones.”
The Message - “Israel is a scattered flock, hunted down by lions. The king of Assyria started the carnage. The king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, Has completed the job, gnawing the bones clean.”
Christian Standard Bible - Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions. The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria; the last who crushed his bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
New American Standard Bible - “Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the king of Assyria, and this last one who has gnawed his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
New King James Version - “Israel is like scattered sheep; The lions have driven him away. First the king of Assyria devoured him; Now at last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
Amplified Bible - Israel is a hunted and scattered flock [driven here and there as prey]; the lions have chased them away. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken (gnawed) his bones.
American Standard Version - Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
King James Version - Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
New English Translation - “The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.
World English Bible - “Israel is a hunted sheep. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
新標點和合本 - 「以色列是打散的羊，是被獅子趕出的。首先是亞述王將他吞滅，末後是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒將他的骨頭折斷。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 以色列是打散的羊，被獅子趕散。首先是亞述王將他吞滅，末後是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒折斷他的骨頭。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 以色列是打散的羊，被獅子趕散。首先是亞述王將他吞滅，末後是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒折斷他的骨頭。
當代譯本 - 「以色列人是一群被獅子驅散的羊，先被亞述王吞噬，後被巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒咬碎骨頭。」
聖經新譯本 - 以色列是被趕散的羊，它被獅子趕逐。先是亞述王把它吞滅，現在巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒要咬碎它的骨頭。
呂振中譯本 - 『以色列是被打散的羊，有獅子把他趕逐了：首先是亞述王將他吞滅，末後是他的骨頭被巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒啃斷了。
現代標點和合本 - 「以色列是打散的羊，是被獅子趕出的，首先是亞述王將他吞滅，末後是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒將他的骨頭折斷。」
文理和合譯本 - 以色列乃離散之羊、為獅所逐、始則亞述王吞噬之、終則巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒折其骨、
文理委辦譯本 - 以色列族若亡羊、為獅所驅、初為亞述王吞噬、後為巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒折骨。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 以色列族、若亡羊為獅所驅、初、亞述王食其肉、後、巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒折其骨、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Israel es como un rebaño descarriado, acosado por los leones. Primero lo devoró el rey de Asiria, y luego Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, le quebró todos los huesos».
현대인의 성경 - “이스라엘은 흩어진 양떼와 같아서 사자들이 그를 뒤쫓고 있다. 처음에는 앗시리아 왕이 그를 삼키고 그 다음에는 바빌로니아의 느부갓네살왕이 그의 뼈를 꺾었다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Израиль – рассеявшаяся отара, которую разогнали львы. Первым, кто пожирал его, был царь Ассирии, а этот последний, разгрызший его кости, – Навуходоносор, царь Вавилона.
Восточный перевод - Исраил – рассеявшаяся отара, которую разогнали львы. Первым, кто пожирал его, был царь Ассирии, а этот последний, разгрызший его кости, – Навуходоносор, царь Вавилона.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Исраил – рассеявшаяся отара, которую разогнали львы. Первым, кто пожирал его, был царь Ассирии, а этот последний, разгрызший его кости, – Навуходоносор, царь Вавилона.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Исроил – рассеявшаяся отара, которую разогнали львы. Первым, кто пожирал его, был царь Ассирии, а этот последний, разгрызший его кости, – Навуходоносор, царь Вавилона.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Israël est semblable ╵à une brebis isolée pourchassée par des lions : le premier l’a mangée, ╵ – c’est le roi d’Assyrie – et le suivant ╵lui a broyé les os : Nabuchodonosor, ╵le roi de Babylone .
リビングバイブル - イスラエル人はライオンに追われる羊のようだ。初めはアッシリヤの王がその肉を食い、次にはバビロンのネブカデネザル王が、骨まで食いつくした。」
Nova Versão Internacional - “Israel é um rebanho disperso, afugentado por leões. O primeiro a devorá-lo foi o rei da Assíria; e o último a esmagar os seus ossos foi Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia”.
Hoffnung für alle - Israel ist wie eine Herde, die von Löwen auseinandergetrieben wurde. Zuerst ist der König von Assyrien über sie hergefallen, und dann hat König Nebukadnezar von Babylonien ihre Knochen abgenagt.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Ít-ra-ên như đàn chiên bị sư tử đuổi chạy tán loạn. Trước hết, vua A-sy-ri cắn xé chúng. Sau đến Vua Nê-bu-cát-nết-sa, nước Ba-by-lôn, nhai xương chúng.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “อิสราเอลเป็นฝูงแกะที่กระจัดกระจาย ซึ่งสิงโตได้ไล่หนีกระเจิง รายแรกที่ขย้ำเขา คือกษัตริย์อัสซีเรีย ล่าสุดผู้ที่บดขยี้กระดูกของเขา คือกษัตริย์เนบูคัดเนสซาร์แห่งบาบิโลน”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - อิสราเอลเป็นแกะที่ถูกสิงโตไล่ล่า กษัตริย์แห่งอัสซีเรียเป็นคนแรกที่โจมตี และบัดนี้ คนสุดท้ายคือเนบูคัดเนสซาร์กษัตริย์แห่งบาบิโลนที่แทะกระดูกพวกเขา”

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2 Chronicles 32:1 - Hezekiah had been completely faithful to the Lord. However, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and marched into Judah. Sennacherib surrounded the cities that had high walls around them. He got ready to attack them. He thought he could win the battle over them. He thought he could take them for himself.
2 Chronicles 32:2 - Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to Jerusalem to fight against it.
2 Chronicles 32:3 - So he asked his officials and military leaders for advice. He asked them about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city. They gave him the advice he asked for.
2 Chronicles 32:4 - They gathered together a large group of people. They blocked all the springs. They also blocked the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they asked.
2 Chronicles 32:5 - Then Hezekiah worked hard repairing all the broken parts of the wall. He built towers on it. He built another wall outside that one. He built up the areas that had been filled in around the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons and shields.
2 Chronicles 32:6 - He appointed military officers over the people. He gathered the officers together in front of him in the open area at the city gate. He gave them words of hope. He said,
2 Chronicles 32:7 - “Be strong. Be brave. Don’t be afraid. Don’t lose hope. The king of Assyria has a huge army with him. But there’s a greater power with us than there is with him.
2 Chronicles 32:8 - The only thing he has is human strength. But the Lord our God is with us. He will help us. He’ll fight our battles.” The people had great faith in what Hezekiah, the king of Judah, said.
2 Chronicles 32:9 - Later Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, and all his forces surrounded Lachish. They prepared to attack it. At that time, Sennacherib sent his officers to Jerusalem. They went there with a message for Hezekiah, the king of Judah. The message was also for all the people of Judah who were there. The message said,
2 Chronicles 32:10 - “Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, says, ‘Why are you putting your faith in what your king says? Why do you remain in Jerusalem when you are surrounded?
2 Chronicles 32:11 - Hezekiah says, “The Lord our God will save us from the power of the king of Assyria.” But he isn’t telling you the truth. If you listen to him, you will die of hunger and thirst.
2 Chronicles 32:12 - Didn’t Hezekiah himself remove your god’s high places and altars? Didn’t Hezekiah say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship at one altar. You must burn sacrifices on it”?
2 Chronicles 32:13 - “ ‘Don’t you know what I and the kings who ruled before me have done? Don’t you know what we’ve done to all the peoples of the other lands? Were the gods of those nations ever able to save their lands from my power?
2 Chronicles 32:14 - The kings who ruled before me destroyed many nations. Which one of the gods of those nations has been able to save his people from me? So how can your god save you from my power?
2 Chronicles 32:15 - Don’t let Hezekiah trick you. He’s telling you lies. Don’t believe him. No god of any nation or kingdom has been able to save his people from my power. No god has been able to save his people from the power of the kings who ruled before me. So your god won’t save you from my power either!’ ”
2 Chronicles 32:16 - Sennacherib’s officers spoke even more things against the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.
2 Chronicles 32:17 - The king also wrote letters against the Lord. His letters made fun of the God of Israel. They said, “The peoples of other lands have their gods. But those gods didn’t save their people from my power. So the god of Hezekiah won’t save his people from my power either.”
2 Chronicles 32:18 - Then the officers called out in the Hebrew language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall. They were trying to scare them and make them afraid. That’s because they wanted to capture the city.
2 Chronicles 32:19 - They were comparing the God of Jerusalem to the gods of the other nations of the world. But those gods were only statues. They had been made by human hands.
2 Chronicles 32:20 - King Hezekiah cried out in prayer to God in heaven. He prayed about the problem Jerusalem was facing. So did Isaiah the prophet. He was the son of Amoz.
2 Chronicles 32:21 - The Lord sent an angel. The angel wiped out all the enemy’s fighting men, commanders and officers. He put an end to them right there in the camp of the Assyrian king. So Sennacherib went back to his own land in shame. He went into the temple of his god. There some of his own sons, the people closest to him, killed him with their swords.
2 Chronicles 32:22 - So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem. He saved them from the power of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria. He also saved them from all their other enemies. He took care of them on every side.
2 Chronicles 32:23 - Many people brought offerings to Jerusalem for the Lord. They brought expensive gifts for Hezekiah, the king of Judah. From then on, all the nations thought well of him.
Isaiah 7:17 - The Lord will also bring the king of Assyria against you. And he will bring him against your people and the whole royal family. That will be a time of trouble. It will be unlike any since the people of Ephraim broke away from Judah.”
Isaiah 7:18 - At that time the Lord will whistle for the Egyptians. They will come like flies from the Nile River in Egypt. He will also whistle for the Assyrians. They will come from their country like bees.
Isaiah 7:19 - All of them will come and camp in the deep valleys. They will camp in caves in the rocks. And they’ll camp near bushes and water holes.
Isaiah 7:20 - At that time the Lord will use the Assyrians to punish you. Ahaz had hired them earlier from east of the Euphrates River. Now their king will be like a razor in the Lord’s hand. He will shave the hair from your head and private parts. He will also shave off your beards.
Jeremiah 52:1 - Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. His mother’s name was Hamutal. She was the daughter of Jeremiah. She was from Libnah.
Jeremiah 51:38 - All its people roar like young lions. They growl like lion cubs.
Jeremiah 39:1 - Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, marched out against Jerusalem. He came with all his armies and attacked it. It was in the ninth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah. It was in the tenth month.
Jeremiah 39:2 - The city wall was broken through. It happened on the ninth day of the fourth month. It was in the 11th year of Zedekiah’s rule.
Jeremiah 39:3 - All the officials of the king of Babylon came. They took seats near the Middle Gate. Nergal-Sharezer from Samgar was there. Nebo-Sarsekim, a chief officer, was also there. So was Nergal-Sharezer, a high official. And all the other officials of the king of Babylon were there too.
Jeremiah 39:4 - King Zedekiah and all the soldiers saw them. Then they ran away. They left the city at night. They went by way of the king’s garden. They went out through the gate between the two walls. And they headed toward the Arabah Valley.
Jeremiah 39:5 - But the armies of Babylon chased them. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains near Jericho. They captured him there. And they took him to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. He was at Riblah in the land of Hamath. That’s where Nebuchadnezzar decided how Zedekiah would be punished.
Jeremiah 39:6 - The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah. He forced Zedekiah to watch it with his own eyes. He also killed all the nobles of Judah.
Jeremiah 39:7 - Then he poked out Zedekiah’s eyes. He put him in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon.
Jeremiah 39:8 - The Babylonians set the royal palace on fire. They also set fire to the houses of the people. And they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
2 Kings 17:6 - Finally, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. It was in the ninth year of Hoshea. The king of Assyria took the Israelites away from their own land. He sent them off to Assyria. He made some of them live in Halah. He made others live in Gozan on the Habor River. And he made others live in the towns of the Medes.
2 Kings 17:7 - All of this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God. He had brought them up out of Egypt. He had brought them out from under the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. But they worshiped other gods.
2 Kings 17:8 - The Lord had driven out other nations to make room for Israel. But they followed the evil practices of those nations. They also followed the practices that the kings of Israel had started.
2 Kings 17:9 - The Israelites did things in secret against the Lord their God. What they did wasn’t right. They built high places for worship in all their towns. They built them at lookout towers. They also built them at cities that had high walls around them.
2 Kings 17:10 - They set up sacred stones. And they set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They did that on every high hill and under every green tree.
2 Kings 17:11 - The Lord had driven out nations to make room for Israel. But the Israelites burned incense at every high place, just as those nations had done. The Israelites did evil things that made the Lord very angry.
2 Kings 17:12 - They worshiped statues of gods. They did it even though the Lord had said, “Do not do that.”
2 Kings 17:13 - The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers. He said, “Turn from your evil ways. Keep my commands and rules. Obey every part of my Law. I commanded your people who lived long ago to obey it. And I gave it to you through my servants the prophets.”
2 Kings 17:14 - But the people wouldn’t listen. They were as stubborn as their people of long ago had been. Those people didn’t trust in the Lord their God.
2 Kings 17:15 - They refused to obey his rules. They broke the covenant he had made with them. They didn’t pay any attention to the rules he had warned them to keep. They worshiped worthless statues of gods. Then they themselves became worthless. They followed the example of the nations around them. They did it even though the Lord had ordered them not to. He had said, “Do not do as they do.”
2 Kings 17:16 - They turned away from all the commands of the Lord their God. They made two statues of gods for themselves. The statues were shaped like calves. They made a pole used to worship the female god named Asherah. They bowed down to all the stars. And they worshiped the god named Baal.
2 Kings 17:17 - They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced all kinds of evil magic. They gave up following God’s rules. They did only what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. All these things made him very angry.
2 Kings 17:18 - So the Lord was very angry with Israel. He removed them from his land. Only the tribe of Judah was left.
2 Kings 17:19 - And even Judah didn’t obey the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had started.
2 Kings 17:20 - So the Lord turned his back on all the people of Israel. He made them suffer. He handed them over to people who stole everything they had. And finally he threw them out of his land.
2 Kings 17:21 - The Lord took control of Israel away from the royal house of David. The Israelites made Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, their king. Jeroboam tried to get Israel to stop following the Lord. He caused them to commit a terrible sin.
2 Kings 17:22 - The Israelites were stubborn. They continued to commit all the sins Jeroboam had committed. They didn’t turn away from them.
2 Kings 17:23 - So the Lord removed them from his land. That’s what he had warned them he would do. He had given that warning through all his servants the prophets. So the people of Israel were taken away from their country. They were forced to go to Assyria. And that’s where they still are.
Jeremiah 5:6 - So a lion from the forest will attack them. A wolf from the desert will destroy them. A leopard will hide and wait near their towns. It will tear to pieces anyone who dares to go out. Again and again they have refused to obey the Lord. They have turned away from him many times.
Matthew 9:36 - When he saw the crowds, he felt deep concern for them. They were treated badly and were helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 9:37 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, “The harvest is huge. But there are only a few workers.
Matthew 9:38 - So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers out into his harvest field.”
2 Kings 24:1 - During Jehoiakim’s rule, Nebuchadnezzar marched into the land and attacked it. He was king of Babylon. He became Jehoiakim’s master for three years. But then Jehoiakim decided he didn’t want to remain under Nebuchadnezzar’s control.
2 Kings 24:2 - The Lord sent robbers against Jehoiakim from Babylon, Aram, Moab and Ammon. He sent them to destroy Judah. That’s what the Lord had said would happen. He had spoken that message through his servants the prophets.
2 Kings 24:3 - These things happened to Judah in keeping with what the Lord had commanded. He brought enemies against his people in order to remove them from his land. He removed them because of all the sins Manasseh had committed.
2 Kings 24:4 - Manasseh had spilled the blood of many people who weren’t guilty of doing anything wrong. In fact, he spilled so much of their blood that he filled Jerusalem with it. So the Lord refused to forgive him.
2 Kings 24:5 - The other events of the rule of Jehoiakim are written down. Everything he did is written in the official records of the kings of Judah.
2 Kings 24:6 - Jehoiakim joined the members of his family who had already died. Jehoiakim’s son Jehoiachin became the next king after him.
2 Kings 24:7 - The king of Egypt didn’t march out from his own country again. That’s because the king of Babylon had taken so much of his territory. It reached from the Wadi of Egypt all the way to the Euphrates River.
Jeremiah 49:19 - “I will be like a lion coming up from the bushes by the Jordan River. I will hunt in rich grasslands. I will chase you from your land in an instant. What nation will I choose to do this? Which one will I appoint? Is anyone like me? Who would dare to argue with me? What leader can stand against me?”
Ezekiel 34:5 - So they were scattered because they did not have a shepherd. They became food for all of the wild animals.
Ezekiel 34:6 - My sheep wandered all over the mountains and high hills. They were scattered over the whole earth. No one searched for them. No one looked for them.”
Isaiah 36:1 - Sennacherib attacked and captured all the cities of Judah that had high walls around them. It was in the 14th year of the rule of Hezekiah. Sennacherib was king of Assyria.
Isaiah 36:2 - He sent his field commander from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. He sent him along with a large army. The commander stopped at the channel that brings water from the Upper Pool. It was on the road to the Washerman’s Field.
Isaiah 36:3 - Eliakim, Shebna and Joah went out to him. Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, was in charge of the palace. Shebna was the secretary. Joah, the son of Asaph, kept the records.
Isaiah 36:4 - The field commander said to them, “Give Hezekiah this message. Tell him, “ ‘Sennacherib is the great king of Assyria. He says, “Why are you putting your faith in what your king says?
Isaiah 36:5 - You say you have a military plan. You say you have a strong army. But your words don’t mean anything. Who are you depending on? Why don’t you want to stay under my control?
Isaiah 36:6 - Look, I know you are depending on Egypt. Why are you doing that? Egypt is nothing but a broken papyrus stem. Try leaning on it. It will only cut your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is just like that to everyone who depends on him.
Isaiah 36:7 - But suppose you say to me, ‘We are depending on the Lord our God.’ Didn’t Hezekiah remove your god’s high places and altars? Didn’t Hezekiah say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship at the altar in Jerusalem’?
Isaiah 36:8 - “ ‘ “Come on. Make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I’ll give you 2,000 horses. But only if you can put riders on them!
Isaiah 36:9 - You are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen. You can’t drive away even the least important officer among my master’s officials.
Isaiah 36:10 - Besides, do you think I’ve come without being sent by the Lord? Have I come to attack and destroy this land without receiving a message from him? The Lord himself told me to march out against your country. He told me to destroy it.” ’ ”
Isaiah 36:11 - Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah spoke to the field commander. They said, “Please speak to us in the Aramaic language. We understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew. If you do, the people on the wall will be able to understand you.”
Isaiah 36:12 - But the commander replied, “My master sent me to say these things. Are these words only for your master and you to hear? Aren’t they also for the people sitting on the wall? They are going to suffer just like you. They’ll have to eat their own waste. They’ll have to drink their own urine.”
Isaiah 36:13 - Then the commander stood up and spoke in the Hebrew language. He called out, “Pay attention to what the great king of Assyria is telling you.
Isaiah 36:14 - He says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah trick you. He can’t save you!
Isaiah 36:15 - Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord. Don’t believe him when he says, “You can be sure that the Lord will save us. This city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.” ’
Isaiah 36:16 - “Don’t listen to Hezekiah. The king of Assyria says, ‘Make a peace treaty with me. Come over to my side. Then each one of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree. Each one of you will drink water from your own well.
Isaiah 36:17 - You will do that until I come back. Then I’ll take you to a land just like yours. It’s a land that has a lot of grain and fresh wine. It has plenty of bread and vineyards.
Isaiah 36:18 - “ ‘Don’t let Hezekiah fool you. He’s telling you a lie when he says, “The Lord will save us.” Have the gods of any nations ever saved their lands from the power of the king of Assyria?
Isaiah 36:19 - Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they saved Samaria from my power?
Isaiah 36:20 - Which one of all the gods of those countries has been able to save their lands from me? So how can the Lord save Jerusalem from my power?’ ”
Isaiah 36:21 - But the people remained silent. They didn’t say anything. That’s because King Hezekiah had commanded, “Don’t answer him.”
Isaiah 36:22 - Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, went to Hezekiah. Eliakim was in charge of the palace. Shebna the secretary went with him. So did Joah, the son of Asaph. Joah kept the records. All of them went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn. They told him what the field commander had said.
Isaiah 47:6 - I was angry with my people. I treated them as if they did not belong to me. I handed them over to you. And you did not show them any pity. You even placed heavy loads on their old people.
Daniel 6:24 - Then the king gave another order. The men who had said bad things about Daniel were brought in. They were thrown into the lions’ den. So were their wives and children. Before they hit the bottom of the den, the lions attacked them. And the lions crushed all their bones.
Jeremiah 23:1 - “How terrible it will be for the shepherds who lead my people astray!” announces the Lord. “They are destroying and scattering the sheep that belong to my flock.”
Jeremiah 23:2 - So the Lord, the God of Israel, speaks to the shepherds who take care of my people. He tells them, “You have scattered my sheep. You have driven them away. You have not taken good care of them. So I will punish you for the evil things you have done,” announces the Lord.
Jeremiah 4:7 - Lions have come out of their dens. Those who destroy nations have begun to march out. They have left their place to destroy your land completely. Your towns will be broken to pieces. No one will live in them.
Ezekiel 34:12 - A shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them. And I will look after my sheep. I will save them from all the places where they were scattered on a dark and cloudy day.
2 Chronicles 28:20 - Tiglath-Pileser came to Ahaz. But he gave Ahaz trouble instead of help. Tiglath-Pileser was king of Assyria.
John 10:10 - A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so they may have life. I want them to have it in the fullest possible way.
John 10:11 - “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
John 10:12 - The hired man is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when the hired man sees the wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.
2 Chronicles 36:1 - The people of the land went and got Jehoahaz. He was the son of Josiah. The people made Jehoahaz king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
2 Chronicles 36:2 - Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for three months.
2 Chronicles 36:3 - The king of Egypt removed him from his throne in Jerusalem. The king of Egypt made the people of Judah pay him a huge tax. The tax was almost four tons of silver and 75 pounds of gold.
2 Chronicles 36:4 - Necho, the king of Egypt, made Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem. Eliakim was a brother of Jehoahaz. Necho changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Necho took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz with him to Egypt.
2 Chronicles 36:5 - Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.
2 Chronicles 36:6 - Nebuchadnezzar attacked him. Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. He put Jehoiakim in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:7 - Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon objects from the Lord’s temple. He put them in his own temple there.
2 Chronicles 36:8 - The other events of Jehoiakim’s rule are written in the records of the kings of Israel and Judah. He did things the Lord hated. Those things and everything that happened to him are also written in those records. Jehoiakim’s son Jehoiachin became the next king after him.
2 Chronicles 36:9 - Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for three months and ten days. He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 36:10 - In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him. He brought him to Babylon. He also brought things of value from the Lord’s temple. He made Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was Jehoiachin’s uncle.
2 Chronicles 36:11 - Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.
2 Chronicles 36:12 - He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. He didn’t pay any attention to the message the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.
2 Chronicles 36:13 - Zedekiah also refused to remain under the control of King Nebuchadnezzar. The king had forced Zedekiah to make a promise in God’s name. But Zedekiah’s heart became very stubborn. He wouldn’t turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 36:14 - And that’s not all. The people and all the leaders of the priests became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the practices of the nations. The Lord hated those practices. The people and leaders made the Lord’s temple “unclean.” The Lord had set the temple in Jerusalem apart in a special way for himself.
2 Chronicles 36:15 - The Lord, the God of Israel, sent word to his people through his messengers. He sent it to them again and again. He took pity on his people. He also took pity on the temple where he lived.
2 Chronicles 36:16 - But God’s people made fun of his messengers. They hated his words. They laughed at his prophets. Finally the Lord’s great anger was stirred up against his people. Nothing could save them.
2 Chronicles 36:17 - The Lord brought the king of the Babylonians against them. The Babylonian army killed their young people with their swords at the temple. They didn’t spare young men or young women. They didn’t spare the old people or weak people either. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.
2 Chronicles 36:18 - Nebuchadnezzar carried off to Babylon all the objects from God’s temple. Some of those things were large. Others were small. He carried off the treasures of the temple. He also carried off the treasures that belonged to the king and his officials.
2 Chronicles 36:19 - The Babylonians set God’s temple on fire. They broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces. They destroyed everything of value there.
2 Chronicles 36:20 - Nebuchadnezzar took the rest of the people to Babylon as prisoners. They had escaped from being killed by swords. They served him and those who ruled after him. That lasted until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
2 Chronicles 36:21 - The land of Israel enjoyed its sabbath years. It rested. That deserted land wasn’t farmed for a full 70 years. What the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah came true.
2 Chronicles 36:22 - It was the first year of the rule of Cyrus. He was king of Persia. The Lord inspired him to send a message all through his kingdom. It happened so that what the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah would come true. The message was written down. It said,
2 Chronicles 36:23 - “Cyrus, the king of Persia, says, “ ‘The Lord is the God of heaven. He has given me all the kingdoms on earth. He has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem. And may the Lord their God be with them.’ ”
Isaiah 10:5 - The Lord says, “How terrible it will be for the people of Assyria! They are the war club that carries out my anger.
Isaiah 10:6 - I will send them against the ungodly nation of Judah. I will order them to fight against my own people. My people make me angry. I will order Assyria to take their goods and carry them away. I will order Assyria to walk on my people as if they were walking on mud.
Isaiah 10:7 - But that is not what the king of Assyria plans. It is not what he has in mind. His purpose is to destroy many nations. His purpose is to put an end to them.
Luke 15:4 - He said, “Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. Won’t he leave the 99 in the open country? Won’t he go and look for the one lost sheep until he finds it?
Luke 15:5 - When he finds it, he will joyfully put it on his shoulders
Luke 15:6 - and go home. Then he will call his friends and neighbors together. He will say, ‘Be joyful with me. I have found my lost sheep.’
2 Chronicles 33:11 - So the Lord brought the army commanders of the king of Assyria against them. They took Manasseh as a prisoner. They put a hook in his nose. They put him in bronze chains. And they took him to Babylon.
Isaiah 8:7 - So I am about to bring against these people the king of Assyria and his whole army. The Assyrians will be like the mighty Euphrates River when it is flooding. They will run over everything in their path.
Isaiah 8:8 - They will sweep on into Judah like a flood. They will pass through Judah and reach all the way to Jerusalem. Immanuel, they will attack your land like an eagle. Their wings will spread out and cover it.”
2 Kings 15:29 - During the rule of Pekah, the king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser marched into the land again. He was king of Assyria. He captured the towns of Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He also captured the lands of Gilead and Galilee. That included the whole territory of Naphtali. He took the people away from their own land. He sent them off to Assyria.
Jeremiah 51:34 - The people of Jerusalem say, “Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has destroyed us. He has thrown us into a panic. He has emptied us out like a jar. Like a snake he has swallowed us up. He has filled his stomach with our rich food. Then he has spit us out of his mouth.”
Jeremiah 51:35 - The people continue, “May the people of Babylon pay for the harmful things they have done to us. May those who live in Babylon pay for spilling the blood of our people.” That’s what the people who live in Zion say.
Joel 3:2 - I will gather together all the nations. I will bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will put them on trial. I will judge them for what they have done to my people Israel. They scattered them among the nations. They divided up my land among themselves.
1 Peter 2:25 - “You were like sheep wandering away.” ( Isaiah 53:6 ) But now you have returned to the Shepherd. He is the one who watches over your souls.
2 Kings 18:9 - Shalmaneser marched to Samaria and surrounded it. It was in the fourth year of King Hezekiah. That was the seventh year of Hoshea, the king of Israel. Hoshea was the son of Elah. Shalmaneser was king of Assyria.
2 Kings 18:10 - At the end of three years the army of Assyria captured Samaria. That happened in the sixth year of Hezekiah’s rule. It was the ninth year of the rule of Hoshea, the king of Israel.
2 Kings 18:11 - The king of Assyria took the people of Israel away from their own land. He sent them off to Assyria. He made some of them live in Halah. He made others live in Gozan on the Habor River. And he made others live in the towns of the Medes.
2 Kings 18:12 - These things happened because the Israelites hadn’t obeyed the Lord their God. They had broken the covenant he had made with them. They had refused to do everything Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded. They hadn’t paid any attention to those commands. They hadn’t obeyed them.
2 Kings 18:13 - Sennacherib attacked and captured all the cities of Judah that had high walls around them. It was in the 14th year of the rule of Hezekiah. Sennacherib was king of Assyria.
Jeremiah 50:6 - “My people have been like lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray. They have caused them to wander in the mountains. They have wandered over mountains and hills. They have forgotten that I am their true resting place.
Jeremiah 2:15 - Lions have roared. They have growled at you. They have destroyed your land. Your towns are burned and deserted.

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New International Reader's Version - “Israel is like a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first lion that ate them up was the king of Assyria. The last one that broke their bones was Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon.”
新标点和合本 - “以色列是打散的羊，是被狮子赶出的。首先是亚述王将他吞灭，末后是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒将他的骨头折断。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 以色列是打散的羊，被狮子赶散。首先是亚述王将他吞灭，末后是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒折断他的骨头。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 以色列是打散的羊，被狮子赶散。首先是亚述王将他吞灭，末后是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒折断他的骨头。
当代译本 - “以色列人是一群被狮子驱散的羊，先被亚述王吞噬，后被巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒咬碎骨头。”
圣经新译本 - 以色列是被赶散的羊，它被狮子赶逐。先是亚述王把它吞灭，现在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒要咬碎它的骨头。
现代标点和合本 - “以色列是打散的羊，是被狮子赶出的，首先是亚述王将他吞灭，末后是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒将他的骨头折断。”
和合本（拼音版） - “以色列是打散的羊，是被狮子赶出的。首先是亚述王将他吞灭；末后是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒将他的骨头折断。”
New International Version - “Israel is a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first to devour them was the king of Assyria; the last to crush their bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
English Standard Version - “Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.
New Living Translation - “The Israelites are like sheep that have been scattered by lions. First the king of Assyria ate them up. Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon cracked their bones.”
The Message - “Israel is a scattered flock, hunted down by lions. The king of Assyria started the carnage. The king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, Has completed the job, gnawing the bones clean.”
Christian Standard Bible - Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions. The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria; the last who crushed his bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
New American Standard Bible - “Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the king of Assyria, and this last one who has gnawed his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
New King James Version - “Israel is like scattered sheep; The lions have driven him away. First the king of Assyria devoured him; Now at last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
Amplified Bible - Israel is a hunted and scattered flock [driven here and there as prey]; the lions have chased them away. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken (gnawed) his bones.
American Standard Version - Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
King James Version - Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
New English Translation - “The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.
World English Bible - “Israel is a hunted sheep. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
新標點和合本 - 「以色列是打散的羊，是被獅子趕出的。首先是亞述王將他吞滅，末後是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒將他的骨頭折斷。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 以色列是打散的羊，被獅子趕散。首先是亞述王將他吞滅，末後是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒折斷他的骨頭。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 以色列是打散的羊，被獅子趕散。首先是亞述王將他吞滅，末後是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒折斷他的骨頭。
當代譯本 - 「以色列人是一群被獅子驅散的羊，先被亞述王吞噬，後被巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒咬碎骨頭。」
聖經新譯本 - 以色列是被趕散的羊，它被獅子趕逐。先是亞述王把它吞滅，現在巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒要咬碎它的骨頭。
呂振中譯本 - 『以色列是被打散的羊，有獅子把他趕逐了：首先是亞述王將他吞滅，末後是他的骨頭被巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒啃斷了。
現代標點和合本 - 「以色列是打散的羊，是被獅子趕出的，首先是亞述王將他吞滅，末後是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒將他的骨頭折斷。」
文理和合譯本 - 以色列乃離散之羊、為獅所逐、始則亞述王吞噬之、終則巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒折其骨、
文理委辦譯本 - 以色列族若亡羊、為獅所驅、初為亞述王吞噬、後為巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒折骨。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 以色列族、若亡羊為獅所驅、初、亞述王食其肉、後、巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒折其骨、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Israel es como un rebaño descarriado, acosado por los leones. Primero lo devoró el rey de Asiria, y luego Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, le quebró todos los huesos».
현대인의 성경 - “이스라엘은 흩어진 양떼와 같아서 사자들이 그를 뒤쫓고 있다. 처음에는 앗시리아 왕이 그를 삼키고 그 다음에는 바빌로니아의 느부갓네살왕이 그의 뼈를 꺾었다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Израиль – рассеявшаяся отара, которую разогнали львы. Первым, кто пожирал его, был царь Ассирии, а этот последний, разгрызший его кости, – Навуходоносор, царь Вавилона.
Восточный перевод - Исраил – рассеявшаяся отара, которую разогнали львы. Первым, кто пожирал его, был царь Ассирии, а этот последний, разгрызший его кости, – Навуходоносор, царь Вавилона.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Исраил – рассеявшаяся отара, которую разогнали львы. Первым, кто пожирал его, был царь Ассирии, а этот последний, разгрызший его кости, – Навуходоносор, царь Вавилона.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Исроил – рассеявшаяся отара, которую разогнали львы. Первым, кто пожирал его, был царь Ассирии, а этот последний, разгрызший его кости, – Навуходоносор, царь Вавилона.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Israël est semblable ╵à une brebis isolée pourchassée par des lions : le premier l’a mangée, ╵ – c’est le roi d’Assyrie – et le suivant ╵lui a broyé les os : Nabuchodonosor, ╵le roi de Babylone .
リビングバイブル - イスラエル人はライオンに追われる羊のようだ。初めはアッシリヤの王がその肉を食い、次にはバビロンのネブカデネザル王が、骨まで食いつくした。」
Nova Versão Internacional - “Israel é um rebanho disperso, afugentado por leões. O primeiro a devorá-lo foi o rei da Assíria; e o último a esmagar os seus ossos foi Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia”.
Hoffnung für alle - Israel ist wie eine Herde, die von Löwen auseinandergetrieben wurde. Zuerst ist der König von Assyrien über sie hergefallen, und dann hat König Nebukadnezar von Babylonien ihre Knochen abgenagt.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Ít-ra-ên như đàn chiên bị sư tử đuổi chạy tán loạn. Trước hết, vua A-sy-ri cắn xé chúng. Sau đến Vua Nê-bu-cát-nết-sa, nước Ba-by-lôn, nhai xương chúng.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “อิสราเอลเป็นฝูงแกะที่กระจัดกระจาย ซึ่งสิงโตได้ไล่หนีกระเจิง รายแรกที่ขย้ำเขา คือกษัตริย์อัสซีเรีย ล่าสุดผู้ที่บดขยี้กระดูกของเขา คือกษัตริย์เนบูคัดเนสซาร์แห่งบาบิโลน”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - อิสราเอลเป็นแกะที่ถูกสิงโตไล่ล่า กษัตริย์แห่งอัสซีเรียเป็นคนแรกที่โจมตี และบัดนี้ คนสุดท้ายคือเนบูคัดเนสซาร์กษัตริย์แห่งบาบิโลนที่แทะกระดูกพวกเขา”

2 Chronicles 32:1 - Hezekiah had been completely faithful to the Lord. However, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and marched into Judah. Sennacherib surrounded the cities that had high walls around them. He got ready to attack them. He thought he could win the battle over them. He thought he could take them for himself.
2 Chronicles 32:2 - Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to Jerusalem to fight against it.
2 Chronicles 32:3 - So he asked his officials and military leaders for advice. He asked them about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city. They gave him the advice he asked for.
2 Chronicles 32:4 - They gathered together a large group of people. They blocked all the springs. They also blocked the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they asked.
2 Chronicles 32:5 - Then Hezekiah worked hard repairing all the broken parts of the wall. He built towers on it. He built another wall outside that one. He built up the areas that had been filled in around the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons and shields.
2 Chronicles 32:6 - He appointed military officers over the people. He gathered the officers together in front of him in the open area at the city gate. He gave them words of hope. He said,
2 Chronicles 32:7 - “Be strong. Be brave. Don’t be afraid. Don’t lose hope. The king of Assyria has a huge army with him. But there’s a greater power with us than there is with him.
2 Chronicles 32:8 - The only thing he has is human strength. But the Lord our God is with us. He will help us. He’ll fight our battles.” The people had great faith in what Hezekiah, the king of Judah, said.
2 Chronicles 32:9 - Later Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, and all his forces surrounded Lachish. They prepared to attack it. At that time, Sennacherib sent his officers to Jerusalem. They went there with a message for Hezekiah, the king of Judah. The message was also for all the people of Judah who were there. The message said,
2 Chronicles 32:10 - “Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, says, ‘Why are you putting your faith in what your king says? Why do you remain in Jerusalem when you are surrounded?
2 Chronicles 32:11 - Hezekiah says, “The Lord our God will save us from the power of the king of Assyria.” But he isn’t telling you the truth. If you listen to him, you will die of hunger and thirst.
2 Chronicles 32:12 - Didn’t Hezekiah himself remove your god’s high places and altars? Didn’t Hezekiah say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship at one altar. You must burn sacrifices on it”?
2 Chronicles 32:13 - “ ‘Don’t you know what I and the kings who ruled before me have done? Don’t you know what we’ve done to all the peoples of the other lands? Were the gods of those nations ever able to save their lands from my power?
2 Chronicles 32:14 - The kings who ruled before me destroyed many nations. Which one of the gods of those nations has been able to save his people from me? So how can your god save you from my power?
2 Chronicles 32:15 - Don’t let Hezekiah trick you. He’s telling you lies. Don’t believe him. No god of any nation or kingdom has been able to save his people from my power. No god has been able to save his people from the power of the kings who ruled before me. So your god won’t save you from my power either!’ ”
2 Chronicles 32:16 - Sennacherib’s officers spoke even more things against the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.
2 Chronicles 32:17 - The king also wrote letters against the Lord. His letters made fun of the God of Israel. They said, “The peoples of other lands have their gods. But those gods didn’t save their people from my power. So the god of Hezekiah won’t save his people from my power either.”
2 Chronicles 32:18 - Then the officers called out in the Hebrew language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall. They were trying to scare them and make them afraid. That’s because they wanted to capture the city.
2 Chronicles 32:19 - They were comparing the God of Jerusalem to the gods of the other nations of the world. But those gods were only statues. They had been made by human hands.
2 Chronicles 32:20 - King Hezekiah cried out in prayer to God in heaven. He prayed about the problem Jerusalem was facing. So did Isaiah the prophet. He was the son of Amoz.
2 Chronicles 32:21 - The Lord sent an angel. The angel wiped out all the enemy’s fighting men, commanders and officers. He put an end to them right there in the camp of the Assyrian king. So Sennacherib went back to his own land in shame. He went into the temple of his god. There some of his own sons, the people closest to him, killed him with their swords.
2 Chronicles 32:22 - So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem. He saved them from the power of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria. He also saved them from all their other enemies. He took care of them on every side.
2 Chronicles 32:23 - Many people brought offerings to Jerusalem for the Lord. They brought expensive gifts for Hezekiah, the king of Judah. From then on, all the nations thought well of him.
Isaiah 7:17 - The Lord will also bring the king of Assyria against you. And he will bring him against your people and the whole royal family. That will be a time of trouble. It will be unlike any since the people of Ephraim broke away from Judah.”
Isaiah 7:18 - At that time the Lord will whistle for the Egyptians. They will come like flies from the Nile River in Egypt. He will also whistle for the Assyrians. They will come from their country like bees.
Isaiah 7:19 - All of them will come and camp in the deep valleys. They will camp in caves in the rocks. And they’ll camp near bushes and water holes.
Isaiah 7:20 - At that time the Lord will use the Assyrians to punish you. Ahaz had hired them earlier from east of the Euphrates River. Now their king will be like a razor in the Lord’s hand. He will shave the hair from your head and private parts. He will also shave off your beards.
Jeremiah 52:1 - Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. His mother’s name was Hamutal. She was the daughter of Jeremiah. She was from Libnah.
Jeremiah 51:38 - All its people roar like young lions. They growl like lion cubs.
Jeremiah 39:1 - Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, marched out against Jerusalem. He came with all his armies and attacked it. It was in the ninth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah. It was in the tenth month.
Jeremiah 39:2 - The city wall was broken through. It happened on the ninth day of the fourth month. It was in the 11th year of Zedekiah’s rule.
Jeremiah 39:3 - All the officials of the king of Babylon came. They took seats near the Middle Gate. Nergal-Sharezer from Samgar was there. Nebo-Sarsekim, a chief officer, was also there. So was Nergal-Sharezer, a high official. And all the other officials of the king of Babylon were there too.
Jeremiah 39:4 - King Zedekiah and all the soldiers saw them. Then they ran away. They left the city at night. They went by way of the king’s garden. They went out through the gate between the two walls. And they headed toward the Arabah Valley.
Jeremiah 39:5 - But the armies of Babylon chased them. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains near Jericho. They captured him there. And they took him to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. He was at Riblah in the land of Hamath. That’s where Nebuchadnezzar decided how Zedekiah would be punished.
Jeremiah 39:6 - The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah. He forced Zedekiah to watch it with his own eyes. He also killed all the nobles of Judah.
Jeremiah 39:7 - Then he poked out Zedekiah’s eyes. He put him in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon.
Jeremiah 39:8 - The Babylonians set the royal palace on fire. They also set fire to the houses of the people. And they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
2 Kings 17:6 - Finally, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. It was in the ninth year of Hoshea. The king of Assyria took the Israelites away from their own land. He sent them off to Assyria. He made some of them live in Halah. He made others live in Gozan on the Habor River. And he made others live in the towns of the Medes.
2 Kings 17:7 - All of this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God. He had brought them up out of Egypt. He had brought them out from under the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. But they worshiped other gods.
2 Kings 17:8 - The Lord had driven out other nations to make room for Israel. But they followed the evil practices of those nations. They also followed the practices that the kings of Israel had started.
2 Kings 17:9 - The Israelites did things in secret against the Lord their God. What they did wasn’t right. They built high places for worship in all their towns. They built them at lookout towers. They also built them at cities that had high walls around them.
2 Kings 17:10 - They set up sacred stones. And they set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They did that on every high hill and under every green tree.
2 Kings 17:11 - The Lord had driven out nations to make room for Israel. But the Israelites burned incense at every high place, just as those nations had done. The Israelites did evil things that made the Lord very angry.
2 Kings 17:12 - They worshiped statues of gods. They did it even though the Lord had said, “Do not do that.”
2 Kings 17:13 - The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers. He said, “Turn from your evil ways. Keep my commands and rules. Obey every part of my Law. I commanded your people who lived long ago to obey it. And I gave it to you through my servants the prophets.”
2 Kings 17:14 - But the people wouldn’t listen. They were as stubborn as their people of long ago had been. Those people didn’t trust in the Lord their God.
2 Kings 17:15 - They refused to obey his rules. They broke the covenant he had made with them. They didn’t pay any attention to the rules he had warned them to keep. They worshiped worthless statues of gods. Then they themselves became worthless. They followed the example of the nations around them. They did it even though the Lord had ordered them not to. He had said, “Do not do as they do.”
2 Kings 17:16 - They turned away from all the commands of the Lord their God. They made two statues of gods for themselves. The statues were shaped like calves. They made a pole used to worship the female god named Asherah. They bowed down to all the stars. And they worshiped the god named Baal.
2 Kings 17:17 - They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced all kinds of evil magic. They gave up following God’s rules. They did only what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. All these things made him very angry.
2 Kings 17:18 - So the Lord was very angry with Israel. He removed them from his land. Only the tribe of Judah was left.
2 Kings 17:19 - And even Judah didn’t obey the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had started.
2 Kings 17:20 - So the Lord turned his back on all the people of Israel. He made them suffer. He handed them over to people who stole everything they had. And finally he threw them out of his land.
2 Kings 17:21 - The Lord took control of Israel away from the royal house of David. The Israelites made Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, their king. Jeroboam tried to get Israel to stop following the Lord. He caused them to commit a terrible sin.
2 Kings 17:22 - The Israelites were stubborn. They continued to commit all the sins Jeroboam had committed. They didn’t turn away from them.
2 Kings 17:23 - So the Lord removed them from his land. That’s what he had warned them he would do. He had given that warning through all his servants the prophets. So the people of Israel were taken away from their country. They were forced to go to Assyria. And that’s where they still are.
Jeremiah 5:6 - So a lion from the forest will attack them. A wolf from the desert will destroy them. A leopard will hide and wait near their towns. It will tear to pieces anyone who dares to go out. Again and again they have refused to obey the Lord. They have turned away from him many times.
Matthew 9:36 - When he saw the crowds, he felt deep concern for them. They were treated badly and were helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 9:37 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, “The harvest is huge. But there are only a few workers.
Matthew 9:38 - So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers out into his harvest field.”
2 Kings 24:1 - During Jehoiakim’s rule, Nebuchadnezzar marched into the land and attacked it. He was king of Babylon. He became Jehoiakim’s master for three years. But then Jehoiakim decided he didn’t want to remain under Nebuchadnezzar’s control.
2 Kings 24:2 - The Lord sent robbers against Jehoiakim from Babylon, Aram, Moab and Ammon. He sent them to destroy Judah. That’s what the Lord had said would happen. He had spoken that message through his servants the prophets.
2 Kings 24:3 - These things happened to Judah in keeping with what the Lord had commanded. He brought enemies against his people in order to remove them from his land. He removed them because of all the sins Manasseh had committed.
2 Kings 24:4 - Manasseh had spilled the blood of many people who weren’t guilty of doing anything wrong. In fact, he spilled so much of their blood that he filled Jerusalem with it. So the Lord refused to forgive him.
2 Kings 24:5 - The other events of the rule of Jehoiakim are written down. Everything he did is written in the official records of the kings of Judah.
2 Kings 24:6 - Jehoiakim joined the members of his family who had already died. Jehoiakim’s son Jehoiachin became the next king after him.
2 Kings 24:7 - The king of Egypt didn’t march out from his own country again. That’s because the king of Babylon had taken so much of his territory. It reached from the Wadi of Egypt all the way to the Euphrates River.
Jeremiah 49:19 - “I will be like a lion coming up from the bushes by the Jordan River. I will hunt in rich grasslands. I will chase you from your land in an instant. What nation will I choose to do this? Which one will I appoint? Is anyone like me? Who would dare to argue with me? What leader can stand against me?”
Ezekiel 34:5 - So they were scattered because they did not have a shepherd. They became food for all of the wild animals.
Ezekiel 34:6 - My sheep wandered all over the mountains and high hills. They were scattered over the whole earth. No one searched for them. No one looked for them.”
Isaiah 36:1 - Sennacherib attacked and captured all the cities of Judah that had high walls around them. It was in the 14th year of the rule of Hezekiah. Sennacherib was king of Assyria.
Isaiah 36:2 - He sent his field commander from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. He sent him along with a large army. The commander stopped at the channel that brings water from the Upper Pool. It was on the road to the Washerman’s Field.
Isaiah 36:3 - Eliakim, Shebna and Joah went out to him. Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, was in charge of the palace. Shebna was the secretary. Joah, the son of Asaph, kept the records.
Isaiah 36:4 - The field commander said to them, “Give Hezekiah this message. Tell him, “ ‘Sennacherib is the great king of Assyria. He says, “Why are you putting your faith in what your king says?
Isaiah 36:5 - You say you have a military plan. You say you have a strong army. But your words don’t mean anything. Who are you depending on? Why don’t you want to stay under my control?
Isaiah 36:6 - Look, I know you are depending on Egypt. Why are you doing that? Egypt is nothing but a broken papyrus stem. Try leaning on it. It will only cut your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is just like that to everyone who depends on him.
Isaiah 36:7 - But suppose you say to me, ‘We are depending on the Lord our God.’ Didn’t Hezekiah remove your god’s high places and altars? Didn’t Hezekiah say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship at the altar in Jerusalem’?
Isaiah 36:8 - “ ‘ “Come on. Make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I’ll give you 2,000 horses. But only if you can put riders on them!
Isaiah 36:9 - You are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen. You can’t drive away even the least important officer among my master’s officials.
Isaiah 36:10 - Besides, do you think I’ve come without being sent by the Lord? Have I come to attack and destroy this land without receiving a message from him? The Lord himself told me to march out against your country. He told me to destroy it.” ’ ”
Isaiah 36:11 - Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah spoke to the field commander. They said, “Please speak to us in the Aramaic language. We understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew. If you do, the people on the wall will be able to understand you.”
Isaiah 36:12 - But the commander replied, “My master sent me to say these things. Are these words only for your master and you to hear? Aren’t they also for the people sitting on the wall? They are going to suffer just like you. They’ll have to eat their own waste. They’ll have to drink their own urine.”
Isaiah 36:13 - Then the commander stood up and spoke in the Hebrew language. He called out, “Pay attention to what the great king of Assyria is telling you.
Isaiah 36:14 - He says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah trick you. He can’t save you!
Isaiah 36:15 - Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord. Don’t believe him when he says, “You can be sure that the Lord will save us. This city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.” ’
Isaiah 36:16 - “Don’t listen to Hezekiah. The king of Assyria says, ‘Make a peace treaty with me. Come over to my side. Then each one of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree. Each one of you will drink water from your own well.
Isaiah 36:17 - You will do that until I come back. Then I’ll take you to a land just like yours. It’s a land that has a lot of grain and fresh wine. It has plenty of bread and vineyards.
Isaiah 36:18 - “ ‘Don’t let Hezekiah fool you. He’s telling you a lie when he says, “The Lord will save us.” Have the gods of any nations ever saved their lands from the power of the king of Assyria?
Isaiah 36:19 - Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they saved Samaria from my power?
Isaiah 36:20 - Which one of all the gods of those countries has been able to save their lands from me? So how can the Lord save Jerusalem from my power?’ ”
Isaiah 36:21 - But the people remained silent. They didn’t say anything. That’s because King Hezekiah had commanded, “Don’t answer him.”
Isaiah 36:22 - Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, went to Hezekiah. Eliakim was in charge of the palace. Shebna the secretary went with him. So did Joah, the son of Asaph. Joah kept the records. All of them went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn. They told him what the field commander had said.
Isaiah 47:6 - I was angry with my people. I treated them as if they did not belong to me. I handed them over to you. And you did not show them any pity. You even placed heavy loads on their old people.
Daniel 6:24 - Then the king gave another order. The men who had said bad things about Daniel were brought in. They were thrown into the lions’ den. So were their wives and children. Before they hit the bottom of the den, the lions attacked them. And the lions crushed all their bones.
Jeremiah 23:1 - “How terrible it will be for the shepherds who lead my people astray!” announces the Lord. “They are destroying and scattering the sheep that belong to my flock.”
Jeremiah 23:2 - So the Lord, the God of Israel, speaks to the shepherds who take care of my people. He tells them, “You have scattered my sheep. You have driven them away. You have not taken good care of them. So I will punish you for the evil things you have done,” announces the Lord.
Jeremiah 4:7 - Lions have come out of their dens. Those who destroy nations have begun to march out. They have left their place to destroy your land completely. Your towns will be broken to pieces. No one will live in them.
Ezekiel 34:12 - A shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them. And I will look after my sheep. I will save them from all the places where they were scattered on a dark and cloudy day.
2 Chronicles 28:20 - Tiglath-Pileser came to Ahaz. But he gave Ahaz trouble instead of help. Tiglath-Pileser was king of Assyria.
John 10:10 - A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so they may have life. I want them to have it in the fullest possible way.
John 10:11 - “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
John 10:12 - The hired man is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when the hired man sees the wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.
2 Chronicles 36:1 - The people of the land went and got Jehoahaz. He was the son of Josiah. The people made Jehoahaz king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
2 Chronicles 36:2 - Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for three months.
2 Chronicles 36:3 - The king of Egypt removed him from his throne in Jerusalem. The king of Egypt made the people of Judah pay him a huge tax. The tax was almost four tons of silver and 75 pounds of gold.
2 Chronicles 36:4 - Necho, the king of Egypt, made Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem. Eliakim was a brother of Jehoahaz. Necho changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Necho took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz with him to Egypt.
2 Chronicles 36:5 - Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.
2 Chronicles 36:6 - Nebuchadnezzar attacked him. Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. He put Jehoiakim in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:7 - Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon objects from the Lord’s temple. He put them in his own temple there.
2 Chronicles 36:8 - The other events of Jehoiakim’s rule are written in the records of the kings of Israel and Judah. He did things the Lord hated. Those things and everything that happened to him are also written in those records. Jehoiakim’s son Jehoiachin became the next king after him.
2 Chronicles 36:9 - Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for three months and ten days. He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 36:10 - In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him. He brought him to Babylon. He also brought things of value from the Lord’s temple. He made Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was Jehoiachin’s uncle.
2 Chronicles 36:11 - Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.
2 Chronicles 36:12 - He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. He didn’t pay any attention to the message the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.
2 Chronicles 36:13 - Zedekiah also refused to remain under the control of King Nebuchadnezzar. The king had forced Zedekiah to make a promise in God’s name. But Zedekiah’s heart became very stubborn. He wouldn’t turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 36:14 - And that’s not all. The people and all the leaders of the priests became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the practices of the nations. The Lord hated those practices. The people and leaders made the Lord’s temple “unclean.” The Lord had set the temple in Jerusalem apart in a special way for himself.
2 Chronicles 36:15 - The Lord, the God of Israel, sent word to his people through his messengers. He sent it to them again and again. He took pity on his people. He also took pity on the temple where he lived.
2 Chronicles 36:16 - But God’s people made fun of his messengers. They hated his words. They laughed at his prophets. Finally the Lord’s great anger was stirred up against his people. Nothing could save them.
2 Chronicles 36:17 - The Lord brought the king of the Babylonians against them. The Babylonian army killed their young people with their swords at the temple. They didn’t spare young men or young women. They didn’t spare the old people or weak people either. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.
2 Chronicles 36:18 - Nebuchadnezzar carried off to Babylon all the objects from God’s temple. Some of those things were large. Others were small. He carried off the treasures of the temple. He also carried off the treasures that belonged to the king and his officials.
2 Chronicles 36:19 - The Babylonians set God’s temple on fire. They broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces. They destroyed everything of value there.
2 Chronicles 36:20 - Nebuchadnezzar took the rest of the people to Babylon as prisoners. They had escaped from being killed by swords. They served him and those who ruled after him. That lasted until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
2 Chronicles 36:21 - The land of Israel enjoyed its sabbath years. It rested. That deserted land wasn’t farmed for a full 70 years. What the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah came true.
2 Chronicles 36:22 - It was the first year of the rule of Cyrus. He was king of Persia. The Lord inspired him to send a message all through his kingdom. It happened so that what the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah would come true. The message was written down. It said,
2 Chronicles 36:23 - “Cyrus, the king of Persia, says, “ ‘The Lord is the God of heaven. He has given me all the kingdoms on earth. He has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem. And may the Lord their God be with them.’ ”
Isaiah 10:5 - The Lord says, “How terrible it will be for the people of Assyria! They are the war club that carries out my anger.
Isaiah 10:6 - I will send them against the ungodly nation of Judah. I will order them to fight against my own people. My people make me angry. I will order Assyria to take their goods and carry them away. I will order Assyria to walk on my people as if they were walking on mud.
Isaiah 10:7 - But that is not what the king of Assyria plans. It is not what he has in mind. His purpose is to destroy many nations. His purpose is to put an end to them.
Luke 15:4 - He said, “Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. Won’t he leave the 99 in the open country? Won’t he go and look for the one lost sheep until he finds it?
Luke 15:5 - When he finds it, he will joyfully put it on his shoulders
Luke 15:6 - and go home. Then he will call his friends and neighbors together. He will say, ‘Be joyful with me. I have found my lost sheep.’
2 Chronicles 33:11 - So the Lord brought the army commanders of the king of Assyria against them. They took Manasseh as a prisoner. They put a hook in his nose. They put him in bronze chains. And they took him to Babylon.
Isaiah 8:7 - So I am about to bring against these people the king of Assyria and his whole army. The Assyrians will be like the mighty Euphrates River when it is flooding. They will run over everything in their path.
Isaiah 8:8 - They will sweep on into Judah like a flood. They will pass through Judah and reach all the way to Jerusalem. Immanuel, they will attack your land like an eagle. Their wings will spread out and cover it.”
2 Kings 15:29 - During the rule of Pekah, the king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser marched into the land again. He was king of Assyria. He captured the towns of Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He also captured the lands of Gilead and Galilee. That included the whole territory of Naphtali. He took the people away from their own land. He sent them off to Assyria.
Jeremiah 51:34 - The people of Jerusalem say, “Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has destroyed us. He has thrown us into a panic. He has emptied us out like a jar. Like a snake he has swallowed us up. He has filled his stomach with our rich food. Then he has spit us out of his mouth.”
Jeremiah 51:35 - The people continue, “May the people of Babylon pay for the harmful things they have done to us. May those who live in Babylon pay for spilling the blood of our people.” That’s what the people who live in Zion say.
Joel 3:2 - I will gather together all the nations. I will bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will put them on trial. I will judge them for what they have done to my people Israel. They scattered them among the nations. They divided up my land among themselves.
1 Peter 2:25 - “You were like sheep wandering away.” ( Isaiah 53:6 ) But now you have returned to the Shepherd. He is the one who watches over your souls.
2 Kings 18:9 - Shalmaneser marched to Samaria and surrounded it. It was in the fourth year of King Hezekiah. That was the seventh year of Hoshea, the king of Israel. Hoshea was the son of Elah. Shalmaneser was king of Assyria.
2 Kings 18:10 - At the end of three years the army of Assyria captured Samaria. That happened in the sixth year of Hezekiah’s rule. It was the ninth year of the rule of Hoshea, the king of Israel.
2 Kings 18:11 - The king of Assyria took the people of Israel away from their own land. He sent them off to Assyria. He made some of them live in Halah. He made others live in Gozan on the Habor River. And he made others live in the towns of the Medes.
2 Kings 18:12 - These things happened because the Israelites hadn’t obeyed the Lord their God. They had broken the covenant he had made with them. They had refused to do everything Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded. They hadn’t paid any attention to those commands. They hadn’t obeyed them.
2 Kings 18:13 - Sennacherib attacked and captured all the cities of Judah that had high walls around them. It was in the 14th year of the rule of Hezekiah. Sennacherib was king of Assyria.
Jeremiah 50:6 - “My people have been like lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray. They have caused them to wander in the mountains. They have wandered over mountains and hills. They have forgotten that I am their true resting place.
Jeremiah 2:15 - Lions have roared. They have growled at you. They have destroyed your land. Your towns are burned and deserted.