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They wandered over mountain and hill and forgot their own resting place. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50.htm">New Living Translation</a> “My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray and turned them loose in the mountains. They have lost their way and can’t remember how to get back to the sheepfold. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Standard Version</a> “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. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/50.htm">New King James Version</a> “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. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “My people have become lost sheep; Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill, They have forgotten their resting place. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220My 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. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “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. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “My people have become lost sheep; Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn away on the mountains; They have gone along from mountain to hill And have forgotten their resting place. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “My people have become lost sheep; Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside [to the seductive places of idolatry] on the mountains. They have gone along [from one sin to another] from mountain to hill; They have forgotten their [own] resting place. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> My people were lost sheep; their shepherds led them astray, guiding them the wrong way in the mountains. They wandered from mountain to hill; they forgot their resting place. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, guiding them the wrong way in the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/50.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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 href="/cev/jeremiah/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> My people, you are lost sheep abandoned in the mountains by their shepherds. You don't even remember your resting place. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 resting place. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray. They wander around on the mountains. They go from mountains to hills. They have forgotten their resting place. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/50.htm">Good News Translation</a> "My people are like sheep whose shepherds have let them get lost in the mountains. They have wandered like sheep from one mountain to another, and they have forgotten where their home is. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/50.htm">International Standard Version</a> My people have become lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them toward the mountains. They go from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/jeremiah/50.htm">NET Bible</a> "My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have allow them to go astray. They have wandered around in the mountains. They have roamed from one mountain and hill to another. They have forgotten their resting place. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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 href="/wbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 href="/web/jeremiah/50.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> My people have been a perishing flock, "" Their shepherds have caused them to err, "" Causing them to go back [on] the mountains, "" They have gone from mountain to hill, "" They have forgotten their crouching-place. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> A perishing flock hath My people been, Their shepherds have caused them to err, To the mountains causing them to go back, From mountain unto hill they have gone, They have forgotten their crouching-place. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> My people were lost sheep: their shepherds caused them to wander, they turned them away in the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their place to lie down.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> My people have been a lost flock, their shepherds have caused them to go astray, and have made them wander in the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> My people have become a lost flock. Their shepherds have led them astray and have caused them to wander in the mountains. They have crossed from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Bible</a> Lost sheep were my people, their shepherds misled them, leading them astray on the mountains; From mountain to hill they wandered, forgetting their fold. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> My people have been like lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have scattered them on the mountains; they have gone from mountains to hills, they have forgotten their fold. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> As lost sheep were my people. Their Shepherds caused them to go astray and upon the mountains they scattered them; from the mountains to the hills they went, and they forgot their fold<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 resting-place. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds thrust them out, they caused them to wander on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=15278" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Hope for Israel and Judah</a> …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. 6<a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">My people</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hå̄·yå̄h (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">are</a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: ’ō·ḇə·ḏō·wṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">lost</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: ṣōn (N-cs) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">sheep;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: rō·‘ê·hem (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">their shepherds</a> <a href="/hebrew/8582.htm" title="8582: hiṯ·‘ūm (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp:: 3mp) -- To err. A primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. Reel or stray; also causative of both.">have led them astray,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7726.htm" title="7726: šō·ḇē·ḇīm (V-Piel-Perf-3cp:: 3mp) -- Turning back, recusant, apostate. From shuwb; apostate, i.e. Idolatrous.">causing them to roam</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·rîm (N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountains.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·lā·ḵū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">They have wandered</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: mê·har (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">from mountain</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1389.htm" title="1389: giḇ·‘āh (N-fs) -- A hill. Feminine from the same as Geba'; a hillock.">hill;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7911.htm" title="7911: šā·ḵə·ḥū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To forget. Or shakeach; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. To be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.">they have forgotten</a> <a href="/hebrew/7258.htm" title="7258: riḇ·ṣām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- (place of) lying down, resting place, dwelling place. From rabats; a couch or place of repose.">their resting place.</a> 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.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezekiel/34-5.htm">Ezekiel 34:5-6</a> They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts. / My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’ <a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Matthew 9:36</a> When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. <a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a> 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. <a href="/luke/15-4.htm">Luke 15:4-7</a> “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? / And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, / comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’ ... <a href="/psalms/119-176.htm">Psalm 119:176</a> I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments. <a href="/1_peter/2-25.htm">1 Peter 2:25</a> For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Isaiah 56:11</a> Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain: <a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11-16</a> I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. / The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. / The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep. ... <a href="/ezekiel/34-11.htm">Ezekiel 34:11-12</a> For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out. / As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. <a href="/matthew/18-12.htm">Matthew 18:12-14</a> What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost? / And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. / In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish. <a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Isaiah 40:11</a> He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes. <a href="/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2</a> For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd. <a href="/micah/2-12.htm">Micah 2:12</a> I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture—a noisy throng. <a href="/john/10-27.htm">John 10:27-28</a> My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. / I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. <a href="/ezekiel/34-23.htm">Ezekiel 34:23</a> I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>My people has 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.people<a href="/jeremiah/50-17.htm">Jeremiah 50:17</a> 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.<a href="/psalms/119-176.htm">Psalm 119:176</a> I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.<a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a> 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.their shepherds<a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm">Jeremiah 10:21</a> For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.<a href="/jeremiah/23-11.htm">Jeremiah 23:11-15</a> For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD… <a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10-12</a> His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber… on the<a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a> For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.<a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6,23</a> 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… <a href="/ezekiel/34-6.htm">Ezekiel 34:6</a> My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.have forgotten<a href="/jeremiah/2-32.htm">Jeremiah 2:32</a> Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.<a href="/psalms/32-7.htm">Psalm 32:7</a> Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.<a href="/psalms/90-1.htm">Psalm 90:1</a> A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.<a href="/psalms/23-2.htm">Psalm 23:2</a> He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.<a href="/songs/1-7.htm">Song of Solomon 1:7,8</a> Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? … <a href="/ezekiel/34-14.htm">Ezekiel 34:14,25-28</a> 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… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/42-20.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-35.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-29.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-27.htm">Forgot</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm">Forgotten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-16.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-12.htm">Keepers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Lost</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-21.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-23.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-18.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-18.htm">Perishing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-12.htm">Resting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-33.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-5.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Roam</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-12.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-12.htm">Shepherds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Wandered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-49.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-17.htm">Forgot</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-6.htm">Forgotten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-19.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-16.htm">Keepers</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-54.htm">Lost</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-50.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-19.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-9.htm">Perishing</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-3.htm">Resting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-19.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-18.htm">Right</a> <a href="/judges/11-37.htm">Roam</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-17.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Shepherds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-11.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-14.htm">Wandered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-17.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-30.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 50</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/50-1.htm">The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/50.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/50.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>My people are lost sheep; This phrase uses the metaphor of sheep to describe the people of Israel, a common biblical image representing vulnerability and the need for guidance. In the ancient Near East, sheep were dependent on shepherds for protection and direction, symbolizing the Israelites' dependence on God. The imagery of "lost sheep" suggests a state of spiritual and moral confusion, echoing themes found in <a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a> and <a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Matthew 9:36</a>, where people are described as sheep without a shepherd. This reflects the Israelites' estrangement from God due to their disobedience and idolatry.their shepherds have led them astray, The "shepherds" refer to the leaders of Israel, including kings, priests, and prophets, who were responsible for guiding the people in righteousness. Historically, many of these leaders failed in their duties, leading the nation into idolatry and away from God's commandments. This failure is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature, as seen in <a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2-10</a>, where God condemns the shepherds of Israel for neglecting their flock. The leaders' failure to provide spiritual guidance resulted in the people's moral and spiritual decline.causing them to roam the mountains. Mountains in biblical times were often associated with places of worship, both legitimate and idolatrous. The phrase suggests that the people, under poor leadership, sought spiritual fulfillment in the wrong places, possibly engaging in pagan worship on high places, as condemned in <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a>. This roaming indicates a search for meaning and security outside of God's provision, leading to further spiritual disorientation and vulnerability.They have wandered from mountain to hill; This imagery of wandering from "mountain to hill" emphasizes the aimlessness and instability of the people as they seek guidance and purpose. It reflects a lack of spiritual direction and the futility of seeking fulfillment in anything other than God. The movement from mountain to hill suggests a downward trajectory, symbolizing a decline in spiritual status and a departure from the true worship of God, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a>.they have forgotten their resting place. The "resting place" symbolizes the peace and security found in a right relationship with God, reminiscent of the rest promised in the Promised Land (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-9.htm">Deuteronomy 12:9-10</a>). Forgetting this resting place indicates a loss of identity and purpose, as the people have turned away from God, who is their true source of rest and salvation. This forgetfulness is a spiritual amnesia, leading to a life of unrest and dissatisfaction, as highlighted in <a href="/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11</a> and <a href="/hebrews/4.htm">Hebrews 4:1-11</a>, where the concept of rest is linked to faith and obedience to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning the judgment and restoration of Israel and Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/l/lost_sheep.htm">Lost Sheep</a> Symbolic of the people of Israel who have strayed from God's path and guidance. 3. <a href="/topical/s/shepherds.htm">Shepherds</a> Refers to the leaders and spiritual guides of Israel who failed in their duty to lead the people in righteousness. 4. <a href="/topical/m/mountains_and_hills.htm">Mountains and Hills</a> Symbolic of the places where the Israelites wandered, representing their spiritual and physical dislocation. 5. <a href="/topical/r/resting_place.htm">Resting Place</a> Represents the peace and security found in God, which the Israelites have forgotten.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_responsibility_of_leadership.htm">The Responsibility of Leadership</a> Spiritual leaders have a profound responsibility to guide their flock in truth and righteousness. Failure to do so can lead to spiritual wandering and loss. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_forgetfulness.htm">The Danger of Forgetfulness</a> Forgetting our "resting place" in God leads to spiritual dislocation. Regular communion with God through prayer and scripture is essential to remain grounded. <a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_a_true_shepherd.htm">The Need for a True Shepherd</a> Human leaders can fail, but Jesus, the Good Shepherd, never does. Believers should place their ultimate trust in Him for guidance and care. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_return.htm">The Call to Return</a> Just as the Israelites were called to return to their resting place, believers are invited to return to God whenever they stray, finding rest and restoration in Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_community.htm">The Role of the Community</a> The community of believers can help guide and support each other, acting as under-shepherds to encourage faithfulness and accountability.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_50.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 50</a> <a href="/q/who_are_the_lost_sheep_of_israel.htm">Who are the lost sheep of Israel?</a> <a href="/q/is_the_lion_inherently_righteous.htm">What does 'All we like sheep have gone astray' mean?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_jesus_dismiss_the_canaanite_woman.htm">If Jesus is all-loving, why does He initially dismiss the Canaanite woman so harshly (Matthew 15:24–26)? </a> <a href="/q/who_is_aeneas_in_the_bible.htm">What is the meaning of Philippians 4:19?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/50.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) My people hath been lost sheep . . .--We note as interesting the dominance of this imagery here as in <a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm" title="All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.">Isaiah 53:6</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/34-5.htm" title="And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.">Ezekiel 34:5</a>. The "shepherds" are, as ever, the kings and civil rulers of the people. In the "mountains" and "hills" we see partly the natural surroundings of the imagery, partly a special reference to the idolatrous worship of the high places (<a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm" title="Lift up your eyes to the high places, and see where you have not been lien with. In the ways have you sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your prostitutions and with your wickedness.">Jeremiah 3:2</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm" title="The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she is gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot.">Jeremiah 3:6</a>). The Hebrew text as it stands gives, they have led them on seducing mountains, i.e., the "high places" which had so strange a fascination for them. The Authorised version follows the marginal reading of the Hebrew. The "forgotten resting place," or, perhaps, the fold, is, as in <a href="/jeremiah/50-7.htm" title="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.">Jeremiah 50:7</a>, the "habitation of justice," the true pasturage, the righteousness which is found in fellowship with Jehovah Himself.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - Lost sheep. Not merely with reference to the scattering of the Captivity (as in <a href="/isaiah/27-13.htm">Isaiah 27:13</a>, where the Authorized Version has "ready to perish"), but to the transgressions of the Law of God, of which the Jews had been constantly guilty (comp. <a href="/psalms/119-176.htm">Psalm 119:176</a>; <a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a>). Their shepherds... mountains. This is the marginal correction in the Hebrew Bible; the text has, "Their shepherds have caused them to go astray upon the seducing mountains" - a strange expression, which is, however, defended by Naegelsbach on the ground of <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Jeremiah 3:2, 23</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Jeremiah 17:2</a>. Their resting place; literally, their couching place; i.e. their pasture, Jehovah, at once their Pasture (ver. 7) and their true Shepherd (<a href="/psalms/23-1.htm">Psalm 23:1</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>My people עַמִּ֔י (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock are הָי֣וּ (hā·yū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be lost אֹֽבְדוֹת֙ (’ō·ḇə·ḏō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> To wander away, lose oneself, to perish sheep; צֹ֤אן (ṣōn) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock their shepherds רֹעֵיהֶ֣ם (rō·‘ê·hem) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with have led them astray, הִתְע֔וּם (hiṯ·‘ūm) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8582.htm">Strong's 8582: </a> To vacillate, reel, stray causing them to roam שֽׁוֹבְב֑וּם (šō·wḇ·ḇūm) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7726.htm">Strong's 7726: </a> Turning back, recusant, apostate the mountains. הָרִ֖ים (hā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country They have wandered הָלָ֔כוּ (hā·lā·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk from mountain מֵהַ֤ר (mê·har) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to hill; גִּבְעָה֙ (giḇ·‘āh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1389.htm">Strong's 1389: </a> A hillock they have forgotten שָׁכְח֖וּ (šā·ḵə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7911.htm">Strong's 7911: </a> To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention their resting place. רִבְצָֽם׃ (riḇ·ṣām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7258.htm">Strong's 7258: </a> (place of) lying down, resting place, dwelling place <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-6.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 50:6 My people have been lost sheep: their (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/50-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>