Jeremiah 50:6

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⁴ In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.

⁵ They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

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.

⁷ All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

⁸ Remove 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.

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
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
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Matthew 9:36
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
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Matthew 10:6
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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Ezekiel 34:14
I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
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Jeremiah 50:17
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
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Psalms 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
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Psalms 116:7
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
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Jeremiah 3:6
The LORD said also 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.
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