American Standard Version
Jeremiah 50:6
6My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting-place.
Jeremiah 50:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
- New International Version (NIV)“My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray and caused them to roam on the mountains. They wandered over mountain and hill and forgot their own resting place.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray; They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill; They have forgotten their resting place.
Context of Jeremiah 50:6
4In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God. 5They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten. My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting-place. 7All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers. 8Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flocks.
Read all of Jeremiah 50Jeremiah 50:6 word by word
צֹ֤אן אֹֽבְדוֹת֙ הָי֣וּ עַמִּ֔י רֹעֵיהֶ֣ם הִתְע֔וּם הָרִ֖ים שֽׁוֹבְב֑וּם מֵהַ֤ר אֶל־גִּבְעָה֙ הָלָ֔כוּ שָׁכְח֖וּ רִבְצָֽם׃Read the interlinear
- peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- beenהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- sheepצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
- shepherdsרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
- goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
- astrayתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
- mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- hillהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:6
- Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
- Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
- Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Matthew 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd.
- Matthew 10:6but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- Matthew 15:24But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- Luke 15:4What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
- 1 Peter 2:25For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
- Jeremiah 10:21For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
- Jeremiah 23:11for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.
- Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
- Ezekiel 34:4The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them.
- Zechariah 11:4Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;
- Jeremiah 2:20For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.
- Jeremiah 3:6Moreover Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 50:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6My people hath been lost sheep - He pities them; for their pastors, kings, and prophets have caused them to err. They have gone from mountain to hill - In all high places they have practiced idolatry.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Their shepherds mountains - Some translate it: Their shepherds, i. e., civil rulers (Jeremiah 2:8 note) “have led them astray upon the seducing moutains.” - the mountains being the usual places where idolatry was practiced. Their restingplace - Their fold Psalm 23:2.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The leaders of Israel and Judah, like Jeroboam I and Manasseh (see 1 Kings 12:25–13:34; 2 Kings 21:1–18), led the people away from the Lord. The mountains were both literal and symbolic—people often worshipped Baal on high places.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. (Is 53:6). on the mountains--whereon they sacrificed to idols (Jr 2:20; 3:6, 23). resting-place--for the "sheep," continuing the image; Jehovah is the resting-place of His sheep (Mt 11:28). They rest in His "bosom" (Is 40:11). Also His temple at Zion, their "rest," because it is His (Psa 132:8, 14).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 50
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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