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They were ^(h)scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became ⁽ⁱ⁾food for every beast of the field and were scattered.

"As I live," declares the Lord God , "surely because My flock has become a ^(m)prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;