Jeremiah 50:17
Israel is a scattered flock,
What it says
Israel is a scattered flock chased first by Assyria and then gnawed by Babylon.
What it is doing
This verse summarizes the long sequence of imperial oppression.
In context
17Israel is a scattered flock, 18Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 19I will return Israel to his pasture, 20In those days and at that time,