14 Later on the officers+ of the sons of Israel, whom Pharʹaoh’s taskmasters* had set over them, were beaten,+ these saying: “Why is it YOU did not finish YOUR prescribed task in making bricks+ as formerly, both yesterday and today?”+
17 “Israel is a scattered sheep.+ Lions themselves have done the dispersing.+ In the first instance the king of As·syrʹi·a has devoured him,+ and in this latter instance Neb·u·chad·rezʹzar the king of Babylon has gnawed on his bones.+