Jeremiah 50:6
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 50 connects to 10 cross-references. The great oracle against Babylon begins: the city will be captured and its idols put to shame. Israel will seek the Lord and join an everlasting covenant. God has stirred up a great assemblage of nations from the north against …
Other Translations
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.
A perishing flock hath My people been, Their shepherds have caused them to err, <FI>To<Fi> the mountains causing them to go back, From mountain unto hill they have gone, They have forgotten their crouching-place.
My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place.
Cross References
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. …
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: …
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and …
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in …
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers …