17 (A)“Israel is a hunted sheep (B)driven away by lions. (C)First the king of Assyria (D)devoured him, and now at last (E)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (F)has gnawed his bones.

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17 “Israel is a scattered flock(A)
    that lions(B) have chased away.
The first to devour(C) them
    was the king(D) of Assyria;
the last to crush their bones(E)
    was Nebuchadnezzar(F) king(G) of Babylon.”

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15 (A)The lions have roared against him;
    they have roared loudly.
They have made his land a waste;
    his cities are in ruins, (B)without inhabitant.

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15 Lions(A) have roared;
    they have growled at him.
They have laid waste(B) his land;
    his towns are burned(C) and deserted.(D)

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25 For (A)you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to (B)the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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25 For “you were like sheep going astray,”[a](A) but now you have returned to the Shepherd(B) and Overseer of your souls.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:25 Isaiah 53:4,5,6 (see Septuagint)

10 The thief comes only to steal and (A)kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 (B)I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd (C)lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is (D)a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and (E)leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and (F)scatters them.

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10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life,(A) and have it to the full.(B)

11 “I am(C) the good shepherd.(D) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.(E) 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.(F) Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.

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(A)I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And (B)I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land,

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I will gather(A) all nations
    and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.[a](B)
There I will put them on trial(C)
    for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,
because they scattered(D) my people among the nations
    and divided up my land.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:2 Jehoshaphat means the Lord judges; also in verse 12.

(A)“My people have been lost sheep. (B)Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.

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“My people have been lost sheep;(A)
    their shepherds(B) have led them astray(C)
    and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountain and hill(D)
    and forgot their own resting place.(E)

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In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, (A)Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it, 10 and at the end of three years he took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 11 The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria and put them in (B)Halah, and on the (C)Habor, (D)the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, 12 because they did not obey the voice of the Lord their God but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded. They neither listened nor obeyed.

Sennacherib Attacks Judah

13 (E)In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.

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In King Hezekiah’s fourth year,(A) which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and laid siege to it. 10 At the end of three years the Assyrians took it. So Samaria was captured in Hezekiah’s sixth year, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel. 11 The king(B) of Assyria deported Israel to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in towns of the Medes.(C) 12 This happened because they had not obeyed the Lord their God, but had violated his covenant(D)—all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.(E) They neither listened to the commands(F) nor carried them out.

13 In the fourteenth year(G) of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah(H) and captured them.

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(A)“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, (B)if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine (C)in the open country, and (D)go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, (E)he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for (F)I have found my sheep that was lost.’

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“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?(A) And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’(B)

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36 (A)When he saw the crowds, (B)he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, (C)like sheep without a shepherd. 37 (D)Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore (E)pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to (F)send out laborers into his harvest.”

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36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them,(A) because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.(B) 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest(C) is plentiful but the workers are few.(D) 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

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24 And the king commanded, and (A)those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

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24 At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions’ den,(A) along with their wives and children.(B) And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.(C)

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12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on (A)a day of clouds and (B)thick darkness.

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12 As a shepherd(A) looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.(B)

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(A)So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and (B)they became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered; they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, (C)with none to search or seek for them.

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So they were scattered because there was no shepherd,(A) and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.(B) My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill.(C) They were scattered(D) over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.(E)

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The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted

52 (A)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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The Fall of Jerusalem(A)(B)(C)

52 Zedekiah(D) was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.(E)

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