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"Israel is a ^(C1)scattered ^(F1)flock, the ^(C2)lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the ^(C3)king of Assyria, and this last one who has gnawed his bones is ^(C4)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

"Therefore this is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: 'Behold, I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I ^(C1)punished the king of Assyria.

'And I will ^(C1)bring Israel back to his pasture and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan, and his ^(F1)desire will be satisfied in the ^(C2)hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.

'In those days and at that time,' declares the LORD, 'search will be made for the wrongdoing of Israel, but ^(C1)there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will forgive those ^(C2)whom I leave as a remnant.'