^7 (A)The lion has come up from his thicket,
And ^(B)the destroyer of nations is on his way.
He has gone forth from his place
^(C)To make your land desolate.
Your cities will be laid waste,
Without inhabitant.

¹⁷ “Israel is like ^(A)scattered sheep;
^(B)The lions have driven him away.
First ^(C)the king of Assyria devoured him;
Now at last this ^(D)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”