Jeremiah 50:6
6“My people have been lost sheep.
Their shepherds ▼▼sn The
shepherds are the priests, prophets, and leaders who have led Israel into idolatry (
2:8).
have allowed them to go astray.
They have wandered around in the mountains.
They have roamed from one mountain and hill to another. ▼▼sn The allusion here, if it is not merely a part of the metaphor of the wandering sheep, is to the worship of the false gods on the high hills (
2:20;
3:2).
They have forgotten their resting place.
