<p class="poetry">&#8220;The people of Israel are like scattered sheepp> <p class="poetry">which lions have chased away.p> <p class="poetry">First the king of Assyria devoured them.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">However, you must confess that you have done wrong,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and that you have rebelled against the <sc>Lordsc> your God.p> <p class="poetry">You must confess<n id="2" /> that you have given yourself to<n id="3" /> foreign gods under every green tree,p> <p class="poetry">and have not obeyed my commands,&#8217; says the <sc>Lordsc>.p>