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Jeremiah 50:6
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6 “My people have been lost sheep.

Their shepherds[a] have allowed them to go astray.
They have wandered around in the mountains.
They have roamed from one mountain and hill to another.[b]
They have forgotten their resting place.

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  1. Jeremiah 50:6 sn The shepherds are the priests, prophets, and leaders who have led Israel into idolatry (2:8).
  2. Jeremiah 50:6 sn The allusion here, if it is not merely a part of the metaphor of the wandering sheep, is to the worship of the false gods on the high hills (2:20; 3:2).
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Jeremiah 50:6
New International Version

6 “My people have been lost sheep;(A)
    their shepherds(B) have led them astray(C)
    and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountain and hill(D)
    and forgot their own resting place.(E)

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