7 All who found them have devoured them, ^rand their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for ^sthey have sinned against the Lord, ^ttheir habitation of righteousness, the Lord, ^uthe hope of their fathers.’

17 ^l“Israel is a hunted sheep ^mdriven away by lions. ⁿFirst the king of Assyria ^odevoured him, and now at last ^pNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ^qhas gnawed his bones.