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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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50:6 mountains. (d-20) Or 'caused them to go astray on the perverting
mountains,' alluding to the idolatrous high places....
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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...
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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...
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צֹ֤אן אֹֽבְדֹות֙ _הָי֣וּ_† עַמִּ֔י
רֹעֵיהֶ֣ם הִתְע֔וּם הָרִ֖ים
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Shepherds; kings, (Calmet) and false prophets. (Haydock)_...
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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...
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_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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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 MOU...
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CHALDEA PUNISHED; ISRAEL REDEEMED...
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RESTING PLACE:
_ Heb._ place to lie down in...
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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...
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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...
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Jeremiah 50:6 people H5971 lost H6 (H8802) sheep H6629 shepherds H7462
(H8802) astray H8582 (H8689) away...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 50:6 FROM MOUNTAIN TO HILL THEY HAVE GONE.
Probably for fertility cult worship (Jeremiah 2:20)....
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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...
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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...
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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)....
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1 Peter 2:25; Ezekiel 34:14; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 34:4; Ezekie