Jer 50:6, Luk 15:4 | JFB | STEP | 6. ( ). on the mountains —whereon they sacrificed to idols ( ). resting-place —for the "sheep," continuing the image; Jehovah is the resting-place of His sheep ( ). They rest in His "bosom" ( ). Also His temple at Zion, their "rest," because it is His ( ).

Jeremiah 50:6

on the mountains—whereon they sacrificed to idols (Jer 2:20; 3:6, 23).

resting-place—for the "sheep," continuing the image; Jehovah is the resting-place of His sheep (Mt 11:28). They rest in His "bosom" (Isa 40:11). Also His temple at Zion, their "rest," because it is His (Ps 132:8, 14).

Luke 15:4

4. leave the ninety and nine—bend all His attention and care, as it were, to the one object of recovering the lost sheep; not saying. "It is but one; let it go; enough remain."

go after . . . until, &c.—pointing to all the diversified means which God sets in operation for recovering sinners.