Focused Passage

Jeremiah 50:6-7

Babylon Judged: The Fall of the Hammer and the Return of the LORD’s Flock

The chapter moves from Babylon’s announced capture and the shame of its gods, to the return of Israel and Judah, to the exposure of Israel as scattered sheep, to Babylon’s punishment as the last devourer, to the LORD’s attack on Babylon’s pride, idols, and warriors, and finally to the collapse of Babylon as a world-shaking judgment.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

6 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.’

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Verse 6

Cross-references

Matthew 9:36 Classic cross-references Matthew 10:6 Classic cross-references Matthew 15:24 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 23:1 Classic cross-references Luke 15:4 Classic cross-references

Original words

My people עַמִּ֔י H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular are הָיָה H1961 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural lost אֹֽבְדוֹת֙ H6 Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural sheep צֹ֤אן H6629 Noun - common singular their shepherds רֹעֵיהֶ֣ם H7462 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural have led them astray הִתְע֔וּם H8582 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural causing them to roam שׁוֹבֵבִים H7726 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural the mountains הָרִ֖ים H2022 Noun - masculine plural They have wandered הָלָ֔כוּ H1980 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural from mountain מֵהַ֤ר H2022 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition hill גִּבְעָה֙ H1389 Noun - feminine singular they have forgotten שָׁכְח֖וּ H7911 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural their resting place רִבְצָֽם׃ H7258 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 7

Cross-references

Zechariah 11:5 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 14:8 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 2:3 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 31:23 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 40:2 Classic cross-references

Original words

All כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct who found them מוֹצְאֵיהֶ֣ם H4672 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural devoured them אֲכָל֔וּם H398 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural and their enemies וְצָרֵיהֶ֥ם H6862 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural said אָמְר֖וּ H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural We are not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle guilty נֶאְשָׁ֑ם H816 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural for תַּ֗חַת H8478 Preposition - אֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Pronoun - relative they have sinned חָטְא֤וּ H2398 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural against the LORD לַֽיהוָה֙ H3068 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular their true צֶ֔דֶק H6664 Noun - masculine singular pasture נְוֵה־ H5116 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ס H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular the hope וּמִקְוֵ֥ה H4723 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct of their fathers אֲבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם H1 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

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