²⁵ Now it happened at the beginning of their settlement there, that they ^(A)did not fear Yahweh; therefore Yahweh sent lions among them which were killing them.

¹⁷ “Israel is a ^(A)scattered ^[a]flock; the ^(B)lions have banished them away. The first one who devoured him was the ^(C)king of Assyria, and this last one who has broken his bones is ^(D)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.