Jeremiah 50:6
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
רָעָה
râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frien...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
תָּעָה
tâʻâh
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
הָפַךְ
hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
שָׁכַח
shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
English grammatical function word ('restingplace'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equiv...
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('restingplace'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they a...
Study GRAM →תָּעָה tâʻâh
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
Study H8582 →אָבַד ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Study H6 →רָעָה râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
Study H7462 →שָׁכַח shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
Study H7911 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →Cross References
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.
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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.
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.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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 pl...
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
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.
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
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