Jeremiah 50:6

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

4“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God. 5They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten. My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place. 7All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’ 8Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.

Jeremiah 50:6 word by word

צֹ֤אן אֹֽבְדוֹת֙ הָי֣וּ עַמִּ֔י רֹעֵיהֶ֣ם הִתְע֔וּם הָרִ֖ים שֽׁוֹבְב֑וּם מֵהַ֤ר אֶל־גִּבְעָה֙ הָלָ֔כוּ שָׁכְח֖וּ רִבְצָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• My peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• areהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• lostאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• sheepצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• their shepherdsרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• have led them astrayתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
• causing them to roamשׁוֹבָבshôbâb · turning backH7726
• the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• They have wanderedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• hillגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• they have forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
• their resting placeרֵ֫בֶץrêbets · resting placeH7258

Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:6

• Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
• Psalms 119:176I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
• Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
• Matthew 9:36When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
• Matthew 10:6Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
• Matthew 15:24He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
• Luke 15:4“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
• 1 Peter 2:25For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
• Jeremiah 10:21For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
• Jeremiah 23:11“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
• Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
• Ezekiel 34:4You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
• Zechariah 11:4This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,
• Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
• Jeremiah 3:6Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

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