Study it in the app“A scattered sheep is Israel; lions have driven it away; the first devoured it, the king of Assyria; and this last one has gnawed its bones, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
A scatteredפְזוּרָהsheepשֶׂהis Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלlionsאֲרָיוֹתhave driven it away;הִדִּיחוּ הָthe firstרִאשׁוֹןdevoured it,אֲכָלוֹthe kingמֶלֶךְof Assyria;אַשּׁוּרand thisוְזֶהlast oneהָאַחֲרוֹןhas gnawed its bones,עִצְּמוֹNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylon.בָּבֶל
scatter
To scatter, to disperse.
Where else “fezura” appearslamb, sheep
One animal of the flock: a lamb, a sheep or a young goat.
Where else “se” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearslion
Lion.
Where else “arayot” appearsbanish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “hidichu” appearsfirst
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appearsdevour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achal” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearslast
What comes at the end or goes behind something else.
Where else “acharon” appearsgnaw
To crush the bones of prey until they break.
Where else “itsm” appearsNebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadretsar” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears1Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
2Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
16Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who handles the sickle in the time of harvest; from before the sword of the oppressor each one to his people they will turn, and each one to his land they will flee.
17 · This verse (above)
18Therefore thus says YHWH Tsevaot, Elohim of Israel: Look, I am punishing the king of Babylon and his land, as I punished the king of Assyria.
