My people hath been lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray, the very men who were entrusted with their care being guilty of this gross neglect; they have turned them away on the mountains, the places of idolatry; they have gone from mountain to hill, from one altar of idolatrous worship to the next; they have forgotten their resting-place, in the care of Jehovah, where they could lie down in safety.
Verse Jeremiah 50:6. _MY PEOPLE HATH BEEN LOST SHEEP_] He pities them; for their pastors, kings, and prophets have caused them to err. _THEY HAVE GONE FROM MOUNTAIN TO HILL_] In all _high places_ the...
THEIR SHEPHERDS ... MOUNTAINS - Some translate it: Their shepherds, i. e., civil rulers (Jeremiah 2:8 note) “have led them astray upon the seducing moutains.” - the mountains being the usual places wh...
CHAPTER S 50-51 BABYLON These two final Chapter s contain a great prophecy concerning Babylon, her overthrow and doom. The fifty-first chapter closes with the statement “thus far are the words of Jere...
JEREMIAH 50:1 TO JEREMIAH 51:58. BABYLON. This long and monotonous prophecy, which is without order or logical development of ideas, is largely a compilation from the prophetic writings of Jeremiah an...
LOST SHEEP. Compare Matthew 10:6; Matthew 15:24. SHEPHERDS: i.e. rulers. THEY HAVE TURNED THEM AWAY ON THE MOUNTAINS. on the mountains they seduced them: i.e. by the idolatrous worship practiced the...
_they have turned them away on the mountains_ The consonants of the MT. should be rendered _on the seducing_or _apostate mountains_, but the variant (as in E.VV.) is probably right. It may refer to id...
THEIR SHEPHERDS—HAVE TURNED THEM AWAY— They have turned them aside from the true worship of God performed at Jerusalem, to sacrifice to idols upon the mountains and high-places. See chap. Jeremiah 2:2...
CHAPTER NINETEEN GOD AND BABYLON Jeremiah 50:1 to Jeremiah 51:64 e Eichorn was the first to deny the authenticity of Chapter s 50-51 and he has been followed by most modern critics. Cornill affirms...
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 restingplac...
50:6 mountains. (d-20) Or 'caused them to go astray on the perverting mountains,' alluding to the idolatrous high places....
THE FALL OF BABYLON AND THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL The prophecy concerning Babylon is ascribed to Jeremiah in Jeremiah 51:59. This, however, need not mean more than that it represents the tone of Jerem...
MY PEOPLE HATH BEEN LOST SHEEP... — We note as interesting the dominance of this imagery here as in Isaiah 53:6; Ezekiel 34:5. The “shepherds” are, as ever, the kings and civil rulers of the people. I...
צֹ֤אן אֹֽבְדֹות֙ _הָי֣וּ_† עַמִּ֔י רֹעֵיהֶ֣ם הִתְע֔וּם הָרִ֖ים
CHAPTER XXV BABYLON Jeremiah 50:1, Jeremiah 51:1 "Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces."- Jeremiah 50:2 THESE Chapter s present phenomena analogous to those of...
The last of the prophecies concerning the nations has to do with Babylon. Throughout the whole of Jeremiah's prophetic utterances, she has been seen as the instrument of God's judgment. Finally, on ac...
My people have been lost sheep: their (f) shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away [on] the mountains: they have gone from (g) mountain to hill, they have forgotten their re...
_Shepherds; kings, (Calmet) and false prophets. (Haydock)_...
What a beautiful description is here given of the people's return to their beloved home! Reader! there is such a thing as tears of joy, as well as tears of sorrow. Holy mourners in Christ, come within...
_LOST SHEEP_ ‘My people have been lost sheep.’ Jeremiah 50:6 I. THE SHEEP WHICH WANDERS FOLLOWS THE WAYWARD TENDENCY OF ITS NATURE.—It has none of the strong instinct of affection which binds some...
THE, Prophet in the sixth verse compares God’s people to lost sheep: he therefore says, that the Jews _wandered on the mountains _and _went from mountain to hill _He throws the blame on the shepherds,...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51. Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies against t...
MY PEOPLE HATH BEEN LOST SHEEP,.... like lost sheep, without a shepherd, going astray the fold, wandering from place to place, having none to take care of them, guide and direct them, or to go in and...
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 restingpla...
_My people hath been lost sheep_ All men are compared to sheep that go astray, Isaiah 53:6. Here this character is applied to the Jews, whom God calls his people, because of the ancient covenant made...
RESTING PLACE: _ Heb._ place to lie down in...
1-7 The king of Babylon was kind to Jeremiah, yet the prophet must foretell the ruin of that kingdom. If our friends are God's enemies, we dare not speak peace to them. The destruction of Babylon is...
MY PEOPLE HATH BEEN LOST SHEEP: all men are compared to sheep that go astray, ISAIAH 53:6; here it is applied to the Jews, who are called the Lord's people, by reason of the ancient covenant God made...
Jeremiah 50:6 people H5971 lost H6 (H8802) sheep H6629 shepherds H7462 (H8802) astray H8582 (H8689) away...
GOD'S CALL TO HIS ERRANT PEOPLE TO FLEE FROM BABYLON BECAUSE THE WRATH OF YHWH IS COMING ON IT (JEREMIAH 50:6). Israel's plight is described as resulting from her backslidden condition, a plight seen...
YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON BABYLON AND HIS PROMISES CONCERNING THE RESTORATION OF THE REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE (JEREMIAH 50:1 TO JEREMIAH 51:64). The series of prophecies against the nations had commenced with t...
CONTENTS: Prophecies against Babylon and Chaldea. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, King of Assyria, Nebuchadrezzar. CONCLUSION: The pride of men's hearts sets God against them and ripens them in due time f...
Jeremiah 50:1. _The word that the Lord spake against Babylon._ Messiah in person spake to the prophet, as is stated in Jeremiah 48:1. But while he spake against Babylon, his lips dropped with grace an...
_My people have forgotten their resting-place._ CANNOT YOU REST? God has made Himself the resting-place for the human soul; and unless we fix our heart upon Him we may rest, but it is only for a tim...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 50:6 FROM MOUNTAIN TO HILL THEY HAVE GONE. Probably for fertility cult worship (Jeremiah 2:20)....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—This and the following chapter constitute one prophecy against Babylon; and the date of its authorship is given in chap. Jeremiah 51:59: “t...
Jeremiah 50:1. AND 51. ON BABYLON. EXPOSITION We have now reached a point at which some reference is necessary to the centre versies of the so called "higher criticism." An attempt must be made to pu...
Shall we turn now to Jeremiah chapter 50. Chapter 50 begins with the words, The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet (Jeremiah 50:1)....
1 Peter 2:25; Ezekiel 34:14; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 34:4; Ezekie
Their shepherds — Their civil and ecclesiastical governors have been a cause of it. The former by their wicked commands and example; the latter by example as well as doctrine. Turned them — To offer s...