²⁵ And at the beginning of their living there, they ^(A)did not fear the Lord; therefore the Lord sent lions among them that were killing some of them.

¹⁷ “Israel is a ^(A)scattered ^[a]flock, the ^(B)lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the ^(C)king of Assyria, and this last one who has gnawed his bones is ^(D)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.