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

Matthew 9:36
And when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were troubled and scattered as sheep that had no shepherd.
Luke 15:4
What man of you that has a hundred sheep, and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert, and go after that which is lost, till he find it?
John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in abundance.
1 Peter 2:25
For you were like sheep that had gone astray; but now you have returned to the shepherd and bishop of your souls.