en_tn_condensed/jer/50/17.md

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# Israel is a scattered flock driven away by lions
"Israel is like a sheep that lions scattered and drove away". Yahweh speaks of Israel as a flock of sheep that had run away from hungry lions.
# Israel
This refers to all the people of Israel.
# the king of Assyria
This refers to the army of the king of Assyria.
# devoured him
The destruction of Israel by Assyria is spoken of as if Israel were a sheep that Assyria ate.
# Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
This refers to the army of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
# broke his bones
"destroyed Israel". The destruction of Israel is spoken of if it were a sheep which had its bones crushed by a lion.