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Jeremiah 50:17-20

17 “Israel is a scattered flock
that lions have chased away.
The first to devour him
was the king of Assyria;
the last to crush his bones
was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

18 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“I will punish the king of Babylon and his land
as I punished the king of Assyria.

19 But I will bring Israel back to his own pasture
and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan;
his appetite will be satisfied
on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.

20 In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“search will be made for Israel’s guilt,
but there will be none,
and for the sins of Judah,
but none will be found,
for I will forgive the remnant I spare.

Cross References for Jeremiah 50:17-20

Jeremiah 50:7 - Whoever found them devoured them; their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they sinned again... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 50:7 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 50:7

Isaiah 42:22 - But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in pits or hidden away in prison... Click to read the verse Isaiah 42:22 Click to read the verse Isaiah 42:22

Isaiah 52:4 - For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “At first my people went down to Egypt to live; latel... Click to read the verse Isaiah 52:4 Click to read the verse Isaiah 52:4

2 Kings 15:29 - In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel B... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 15:29 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 15:29

Jeremiah 5:6 - Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the desert will ravage them, a l... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 5:6 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 5:6

Isaiah 52:5 - “And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord. “For my people have been taken away for nothi... Click to read the verse Isaiah 52:5 Click to read the verse Isaiah 52:5

Jeremiah 49:19 - “Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets to a rich pastureland, I will chase Edom from its... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 49:19 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 49:19

Joel 3:2 - I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter ... Click to read the verse Joel 3:2 Click to read the verse Joel 3:2

Isaiah 47:6 - I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you s... Click to read the verse Isaiah 47:6 Click to read the verse Isaiah 47:6

Jeremiah 5:17 - They will devour your harvests and food, devour your sons and daughters; they will devour your ... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 5:17 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 5:17

Ezekiel 5:10 - Therefore in your midst fathers will eat their children, and children will eat their fathers. I... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 5:10 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 5:10

Jeremiah 4:7 - A lion has come out of his lair; a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to l... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 4:7 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 4:7

Isaiah 24:1 - The Lord’s Devastation of the Earth See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate... Click to read the verse Isaiah 24:1 Click to read the verse Isaiah 24:1

1 Peter 2:25 - For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of... Click to read the verse 1 Peter 2:25 Click to read the verse 1 Peter 2:25

Numbers 24:8 - “God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox. They devour hostile nation... Click to read the verse Numbers 24:8 Click to read the verse Numbers 24:8

Isaiah 15:9 - Dimon’s waters are full of blood, but I will bring still more upon Dimon— a lion upon the fugit... Click to read the verse Isaiah 15:9 Click to read the verse Isaiah 15:9

Esther 3:8 - Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain people dispersed and scattered among the pe... Click to read the verse Esther 3:8 Click to read the verse Esther 3:8

Nahum 2:11 - Where now is the lions’ den, the place where they fed their young, where the lion and lioness w... Click to read the verse Nahum 2:11 Click to read the verse Nahum 2:11

Daniel 6:24 - At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into t... Click to read the verse Daniel 6:24 Click to read the verse Daniel 6:24

Zechariah 10:2 - The idols speak deceit, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they gi... Click to read the verse Zechariah 10:2 Click to read the verse Zechariah 10:2

1 Kings 22:17 - Then Micaiah answered, “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd, ... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 22:17 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 22:17

Matthew 10:6 - Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. Click to read the verse Matthew 10:6 Click to read the verse Matthew 10:6

Ezekiel 34:5 - So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became ... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 34:5 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 34:5

Deuteronomy 28:64 - Then the Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:64 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:64

Jeremiah 50:6 - “My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray and caused them to roam o... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 50:6 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 50:6

Luke 15:4-6 - “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nin... Click to read the verse Luke 15:4-6 Click to read the verse Luke 15:4-6

2 Chronicles 33:11 - So the Lord brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh ... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 33:11 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 33:11

Jeremiah 31:10 - “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations; proclaim it in distant coastlands: ‘He who scattered Isr... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 31:10 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 31:10

Jeremiah 50:11 - “Because you rejoice and are glad, you who pillage my inheritance, because you frolic like a he... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 50:11 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 50:11

Jeremiah 52:1 - The Fall of Jerusalem Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in ... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 52:1 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 52:1

Isaiah 10:5-7 - God’s Judgment on Assyria “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club ... Click to read the verse Isaiah 10:5-7 Click to read the verse Isaiah 10:5-7

Lamentations 2:16 - All your enemies open their mouths wide against you; they scoff and gnash their teeth and say, ... Click to read the verse Lamentations 2:16 Click to read the verse Lamentations 2:16

Jeremiah 51:34 - “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has thrown us into confusion, he has made u... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 51:34 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 51:34

Ezekiel 38:13 - Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all her villages will say to you, “Have you c... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 38:13 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 38:13

Jeremiah 23:1-2 - The Righteous Branch “Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pa... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 23:1-2 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 23:1-2

2 Chronicles 28:20 - Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help. Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 28:20 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 28:20

Isaiah 8:7-8 - therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the River— the king... Click to read the verse Isaiah 8:7-8 Click to read the verse Isaiah 8:7-8

Isaiah 36:1-22 - Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib ki... Click to read the verse Isaiah 36:1-22 Click to read the verse Isaiah 36:1-22

2 Chronicles 32:1-23 - Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib kin... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 32:1-23 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 32:1-23

Lamentations 3:34 - To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land, Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:34 Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:34

Ezekiel 34:5-6 - So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became ... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 34:5-6 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 34:5-6

2 Chronicles 36:1-23 - 36 And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in pla... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 36:1-23 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 36:1-23

Ezekiel 34:12 - As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my she... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 34:12 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 34:12

Lamentations 3:4 - He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones. Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:4 Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:4

Jeremiah 10:25 - Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call ... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 10:25 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 10:25

Psalms 89:41 - All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors. Click to read the verse Psalms 89:41 Click to read the verse Psalms 89:41

Hosea 8:8 - Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like a worthless thing. Click to read the verse Hosea 8:8 Click to read the verse Hosea 8:8

Jeremiah 51:34-35 - “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has thrown us into confusion, he has made u... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 51:34-35 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 51:34-35

Jeremiah 2:15 - Lions have roared; they have growled at him. They have laid waste his land; his towns are burne... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 2:15 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 2:15

Isaiah 5:29 - Their roar is like that of the lion, they roar like young lions; they growl as they seize their... Click to read the verse Isaiah 5:29 Click to read the verse Isaiah 5:29

Jeremiah 51:38 - Her people all roar like young lions, they growl like lion cubs. Click to read the verse Jeremiah 51:38 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 51:38

Jeremiah 10:21 - The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the Lord; so they do not prosper and all thei... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 10:21 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 10:21

2 Kings 17:6-23 - In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites t... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 17:6-23 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 17:6-23

Jeremiah 39:1-8 - 39 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Baby... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 39:1-8 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 39:1-8

2 Kings 18:9-13 - In King Hezekiah’s fourth year, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 18:9-13 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 18:9-13

2 Kings 24:1-7 - During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 24:1-7 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 24:1-7

John 10:10-12 - The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and ha... Click to read the verse John 10:10-12 Click to read the verse John 10:10-12

Matthew 9:36-38 - When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, lik... Click to read the verse Matthew 9:36-38 Click to read the verse Matthew 9:36-38

Isaiah 7:17-20 - The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any... Click to read the verse Isaiah 7:17-20 Click to read the verse Isaiah 7:17-20