Jer 50:7 | TNotes | STEP | 50:7 This verse continues the metaphor of lost sheep (50:6 ), connecting Israel’s vulnerability to attack with their apostasy in turning away from the Lord. Their enemies rationalized their mistreatment of Israel by saying that the Israelites had sinned against the Lord . These enemies understood that the Israelites’ true place of rest and hope was in the Lord.

‏ Jeremiah 50:7

50:7 ^a This verse continues the metaphor of lost sheep (50:6 ^b), connecting Israel’s vulnerability to attack with their apostasy in turning away from the Lord. Their enemies rationalized their mistreatment of Israel by saying that the Israelites had sinned against the Lord. These enemies understood that the Israelites’ true place of rest and hope was in the Lord.