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Jer 50:6 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

people		Jer 50:17; Psa 119:176; Isa 53:6; Mat 9:36; Mat 10:6; Mat 15:24; Mat 18:11-13; Luk 15:4-7; 1Pe 2:25
their shepherds		Jer 10:21; Jer 23:11-15; Isa 56:10-12; Eze 34:4-12; Zec 11:4-9
on the		Jer 2:20; Jer 3:6,23; Eze 34:6
have forgotten		Jer 2:32; Psa 32:7; Psa 90:1; Psa 91:1; Psa 116:7; Isa 30:15; Isa 32:2
restingplace		Heb. place to lie down in. Psa 23:2; Sgs 1:7,8; Eze 34:14,25-28

Correlating Passages

people

	Jer 50:17	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.
	Psa 119:176	I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
	Isa 53:6	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.
	Mat 9:36	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.
	Mat 10:6	But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
	Mat 15:24	But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
	Mat 18:11	For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
	Mat 18:12	How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
	Mat 18:13	And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that [sheep], than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
	Luk 15:4	What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
	Luk 15:5	And when he hath found [it], he layeth [it] on his shoulders, rejoicing.
	Luk 15:6	And when he cometh home, he calleth together [his] friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
	Luk 15:7	I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
	1Pe 2:25	For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

their shepherds

	Jer 10:21	For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
	Jer 23:11	For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
	Jer 23:12	Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery [ways] in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, [even] the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
	Jer 23:13	And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
	Jer 23:14	I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
	Jer 23:15	Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
	Isa 56:10	His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
	Isa 56:11	Yea, [they are] greedy dogs [which] can never have enough, and they [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
	Isa 56:12	Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant.
	Eze 34:4	The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up [that which was] broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
	Eze 34:5	And they were scattered, because [there is] no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
	Eze 34:6	My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek [after them].
	Eze 34:7	Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
	Eze 34:8	[As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because [there was] no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
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	Zec 11:4	Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
	Zec 11:5	Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed [be] the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
	Zec 11:6	For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver [them].
	Zec 11:7	And I will feed the flock of slaughter, [even] you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
	Zec 11:8	Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
	Zec 11:9	Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.

on the

	Jer 2:20	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.
	Jer 3:6	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 played the harlot.
	Jer 3:23	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.
	Eze 34:6	My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek [after them].

have forgotten

	Jer 2:32	Can a maid forget her ornaments, [or] a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
	Psa 32:7	Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
	Psa 90:1	[[A Prayer of Moses the man of God.]] Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
	Psa 91:1	He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
	Psa 116:7	Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
	Isa 30:15	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.
	Isa 32:2	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.

restingplace

	Psa 23:2	He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
	Sgs 1:7	Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
	Sgs 1:8	If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
	Eze 34:14	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.
	Eze 34:25	And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
	Eze 34:26	And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
	Eze 34:27	And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
	Eze 34:28	And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make [them] afraid.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jeremiah 50:6," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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