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-\v 17 Israel is a sheep scattered and driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him;
+\v 17 Israel is a wandering sheep driven away by lions.
+\q First the king of Assyria devoured him;
 \q then after this, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon broke his bones.
 \v 18 Therefore Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says this: See, I am about to punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I punished the king of Assyria.