Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a scattered sheep, driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon crunched his bones.

Jeremiah 2:15

The young lions roared against him; they gave their voice. And they made his land a waste; his cities are burned without inhabitant.

2 Kings 18:9-13

And it happened in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.

Jeremiah 50:6

My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.

Joel 3:2

I will also gather all nations and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will fight with them there for My people and for My inheritance Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided My land.

2 Kings 15:29

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he deported them to Assyria.

2 Kings 17:6-23

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria. And he placed them in Halah, and in Habor by the river Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 24:1-7

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.

2 Chronicles 28:20

And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him and troubled him, but did not strengthen him.

2 Chronicles 32:1-23

After these things done in faithfulness, Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, came and entered into Judah, and camped against the fortified cities, and commanded to break them open to himself.

2 Chronicles 33:11

And Jehovah brought on them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh among the thorns and bound him with chains and carried him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:1-23

And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 7:17-20

Jehovah shall bring on you, and on your people, and on your father's house, days that have not come, since the days that Ephraim departed from Judah, the king of Assyria.

Isaiah 8:7-8

And therefore, behold, the Lord brings on them the waters of the River, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory. And he shall come up over all his channels and go over all his banks.

Isaiah 10:5-7

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger! And the staff in their hand is My fury.

Isaiah 36:1-22

And it happened in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with My people, I have polluted My inheritance, and given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; you have very heavily laid your yoke on the aged.

Jeremiah 4:7

The lion has come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the nations has set out; he has left his place to make your land a waste. Your cities will fall into ruins without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, and a wolf of the deserts shall rob them; a leopard shall watch over their cities. Everyone who goes out from them shall be torn in pieces, because their sins are many and their backslidings are multiplied.

Jeremiah 23:1-2

Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture, says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 39:1-8

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, came against Jerusalem. And they besieged it.

Jeremiah 49:19

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the home of the strong. But I will suddenly make him run away from her. And who is a chosen one I may appoint over it? For who is like Me? And who will summon Me? And who is that shepherd who will stand before Me?

Jeremiah 51:34-35

Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me; he has made me an empty vessel. He has swallowed me up like a jackal; he has filled his belly with good things; he has thrown me out;

Jeremiah 51:38

They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions' cubs.

Jeremiah 52:1

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Ezekiel 34:5-6

And they were scattered for lack of a shepherd. And they became food to all the beasts of the field when they were scattered.

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out My sheep and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they threw them into the lions' den; them, their sons, and their wives. And the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.

Matthew 9:36-38

But seeing the crowds, He was moved with compassion on them, because they were tired and scattered like sheep having no shepherd.

Luke 15:4-6

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost until he finds it?

John 10:10-12

The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

1 Peter 2:25

For you were as sheep going astray, but now you are turned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

A scattered

Jeremiah 50:6
My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
Jeremiah 23:1
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture, says Jehovah.
Ezekiel 34:5
And they were scattered for lack of a shepherd. And they became food to all the beasts of the field when they were scattered.
Joel 3:2
I will also gather all nations and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will fight with them there for My people and for My inheritance Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided My land.
Matthew 9:36
But seeing the crowds, He was moved with compassion on them, because they were tired and scattered like sheep having no shepherd.
Luke 15:4
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost until he finds it?
John 10:10
The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
1 Peter 2:25
For you were as sheep going astray, but now you are turned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

The lions

Jeremiah 2:15
The young lions roared against him; they gave their voice. And they made his land a waste; his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 5:6
Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, and a wolf of the deserts shall rob them; a leopard shall watch over their cities. Everyone who goes out from them shall be torn in pieces, because their sins are many and their backslidings are multiplied.
Jeremiah 49:19
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the home of the strong. But I will suddenly make him run away from her. And who is a chosen one I may appoint over it? For who is like Me? And who will summon Me? And who is that shepherd who will stand before Me?
Jeremiah 51:38
They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions' cubs.

First

2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he deported them to Assyria.
2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria. And he placed them in Halah, and in Habor by the river Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings 18:9
And it happened in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
2 Chronicles 28:20
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him and troubled him, but did not strengthen him.
2 Chronicles 32:1
After these things done in faithfulness, Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, came and entered into Judah, and camped against the fortified cities, and commanded to break them open to himself.
2 Chronicles 33:11
And Jehovah brought on them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh among the thorns and bound him with chains and carried him to Babylon.
Isaiah 7:17
Jehovah shall bring on you, and on your people, and on your father's house, days that have not come, since the days that Ephraim departed from Judah, the king of Assyria.
Isaiah 8:7
And therefore, behold, the Lord brings on them the waters of the River, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory. And he shall come up over all his channels and go over all his banks.
Isaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger! And the staff in their hand is My fury.

This

Jeremiah 39:1
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, came against Jerusalem. And they besieged it.
Jeremiah 51:34
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me; he has made me an empty vessel. He has swallowed me up like a jackal; he has filled his belly with good things; he has thrown me out;
Jeremiah 52:1
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with My people, I have polluted My inheritance, and given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; you have very heavily laid your yoke on the aged.
Daniel 6:24
And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they threw them into the lions' den; them, their sons, and their wives. And the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.

General references

Jeremiah 30:16
So all those who devour you shall be devoured; and all your enemies, every one of them, shall go into captivity. And they who rob you shall be robbed, and all who strip you I will strip.
Jeremiah 51:24
And I will give to Babylon, and to all the people of Chaldea, all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says Jehovah.
Ezekiel 36:24
For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all lands, and will gather you into your own land.