Jeremiah 50:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

People

Their shepherds

Zechariah 11:4

On the

Jeremiah 2:20

Jeremiah 3:6

Ezekiel 34:6

Have forgotten

Isaiah 32:2

Resting place

Psalm 23:2

Song of Songs 1:7

Ezekiel 34:14

Bible References

People

Israel is a scattered sheep, driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon crunched his bones.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant; for I do not forget Your Commandments.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, each one to his own way; and Jehovah has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

But seeing the crowds, He was moved with compassion on them, because they were tired and scattered like sheep having no shepherd.

But rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

But He answered and said, I am not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost until he finds it?

For you were as sheep going astray, but now you are turned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Their shepherds

For the pastors have become stupid, and have not sought Jehovah, therefore they shall not be blessed, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

For both prophet and priest are ungodly; yes, in My house I have found their evil, says Jehovah.

His watchmen are blind; they are all ignorant; they are all dumb dogs who cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

You have not made the weak strong, nor have you healed the sick, nor have you bound up the broken. You have not brought again those driven away, nor have you sought that which was lost; but you have ruled them with force and with cruelty.

For so says Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter,

On the

For long ago you broke your yoke and tore up your bonds; and you said, I will not transgress, when on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down like a harlot.

Jehovah also said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has fornicated there.

My sheep wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill. Yea, My flock was scattered on all the face of the earth, and none searched nor sought for them.

Have forgotten

Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number.

You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall circle me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Jehovah, You have been our dwelling-place in all generations.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall rest under the shadow of the Almighty.

Return to your rest, O my soul; for Jehovah has dealt bountifully with you.

For so says the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest you shall be saved; and in quietness and hope shall be your strength. And you were not willing.

And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a shelter from the tempest, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

Resting place

He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.

Tell me, You whom my soul loves, where do You feed, where do You lie down at noon? For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of Your companions?

I will feed them in a good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel.