Ezekiel 34:5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered.
⁶ My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them.”
The verb scattered was often used by Ezekiel to describe Israel in exile and dispersion
Ezek 11 (NKJV)
¹⁶ Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Although I have cast them far off among the Gentiles, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet I shall be a little sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.” ‘
¹⁷ Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I will gather you from the peoples, assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.” ‘
“Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries.”
— Ezek 12:15 (NKJV)
Ezek 20 (NKJV)
²³ Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries,
³⁴ I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out.
⁴¹ I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles.
“I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you throughout the countries, and remove your filthiness completely from you.”
— Ezek 22:15 (NKJV)
“’Thus says the Lord God: “When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob.”
— Ezek 28:25 (NKJV)
“And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.”
— Mar 6:34 (NKJV)
The dispersion may allude to the Assyrian and Babylonian captives which scattered Israel and Judah among the nation’s . See the identical figure of a routed army in Micaiah’s Oracle
“Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.’ “”
— 1Kin 22:17 (NKJV)