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Two Devouring Lions
Commentators explain that this verse uses a powerful metaphor: Israel is a helpless, scattered sheep. The "lions" are two successive empires. The first lion, Assyria, "devoured" the northern kingdom. The second lion, Babylon, came later to "break the bones" of the remaining southern kingdom of Judah, signifying total devastation.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 50:17
18th Century
Theologian
Israel is a scattered sheep – that is, is like a flock which has been scared and driven in all directions, for lions have chased him.
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 50:17
19th Century
Bishop
Israel is a scattered sheep ... —The words paint vividly the two blows that had fallen on Israel, as a sheep driven from …
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 50:17
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Prophet shows more clearly what he had briefly referred to: namely, that God was thus incensed against the Babylonians because he had take…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 50:17
17th Century
Pastor
Israel [is] a scattered sheep
Or like a sheep that is frightened and drove from the fold, and is dispersed, and wand…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 50:8–20
17th Century
Minister
The desolation that shall be brought upon Babylon is described in a variety of expressions. The cause of this destruction is the wrath of the Lord.…