Jeremiah 50:6

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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.

⁵ They 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.

⁷ All 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.’

⁸ Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they turned them away on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place.
BLB: My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, [in] the mountains they have turned them away. From mountain to hill they have gone; they have forgotten their resting place.

ÅB: Fortapte sauer var mitt folk, deres hyrder hadde ført dem vill, til fjellene hadde de drevet dem bort[^1]; fra fjell til haug gikk de, de glemte sitt hvilested.
OTB: "Mitt folk har blitt bortkomne sauer; deres hyrder har villedet dem, fått dem til å vandre på fjellene. De har streifet fra fjell til høyde og glemt sitt hvilested.
B1930: Fortapte får var mitt folk, deres hyrder hadde ført dem vill, til fjellene hadde de drevet dem bort; fra fjell til haug gikk de, de glemte sitt hvilested. / < neml. for der å dyrke avguder; JER 3, 6. 23.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 53:6
We 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.
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Matthew 9:36
When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
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Matthew 10:6
Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
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Ezekiel 34:14
I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
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Jeremiah 50:17
Israel 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.”
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Psalms 119:176
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
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Psalms 116:7
Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
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Jeremiah 3:6
Now 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.
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