New American Standard Bible 1995
Jeremiah 50:6
6“My people have become 1lost sheep; 2Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the 3mountains; They have gone along from mountain to hill And have forgotten their 4resting 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
4“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the Lord their God they will seek. 5They will ask for the way to Zion, turning their faces in its direction; they will come that they may join themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten. “My people have become lost sheep; Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the mountains; They have gone along from mountain to hill And have forgotten their resting place. 7All who came upon them have devoured them; And their adversaries have said, ‘We are not guilty, Inasmuch as they have sinned against the Lord who is the habitation of righteousness, Even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.’ 8“Wander away from the midst of Babylon And go forth from the land of the Chaldeans; Be also like male goats at the head of the flock.
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
- My peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- have becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- lostאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
- sheepצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
- Their shepherdsרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
- have ledתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
- They have made them turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
- mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- They have goneהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
- to hillגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
- And have forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
- restingרֵ֫בֶץrêbets · resting placeH7258
Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:6
- Jeremiah 50:17“Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the king of Assyria, and this last one who has broken his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
- Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, For I do not forget Your commandments.
- Isaiah 53:6All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.
- Matthew 9:36Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.
- Matthew 10:6but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- Matthew 15:24But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
- Matthew 18:11[For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.]
- Luke 15:4“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?
- 1 Peter 2:25For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.
- Jeremiah 10:21For the shepherds have become stupid And have not sought the Lord; Therefore they have not prospered, And all their flock is scattered.
- Jeremiah 23:11“For both prophet and priest are polluted; Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the Lord.
- Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind, All of them know nothing. All of them are mute dogs unable to bark, Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;
- Ezekiel 34:4Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.
- Zechariah 11:4Thus says the Lord my God, “Pasture the flock doomed to slaughter.
- Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago I broke your yoke And tore off your bonds; But you said, ‘I will not serve!’ For on every high hill And under every green tree You have lain down as a harlot.
- Jeremiah 3:6Then the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot 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
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