Jeremiah 50:6
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
רָעָה
shepherds/ their
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רָעָה
To shepherd, to tend, to feed. Raah. To care for a flock with total devotion. The LORD is my shepherd. He takes personal responsibility for every need.
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עַם
people/ my
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עַם
People, nation, folk. Am. You are My people and I am your God. This mutual belonging is the heart of the covenant.
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הַר
mountains
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הַר
A mountain. Har. The mountain of the LORD. His holy mountain. God meets His people on mountains.
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תָּעָה
they have caused to wander/ them
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תָּעָה
they have caused to wander/ them
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
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צֹאן
sheep
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צֹאן
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
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הָלַךְ
they have gone
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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שָׁכַח
they have forgotten
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שָׁכַח
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
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רֵבֶץ
resting place/ their
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רֵבֶץ
a couch or place of repose
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שׁוֹבָב
they have led away/ them
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שׁוֹבָב
apostate, i.e. idolatrous
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גִּבְעָה
hill
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גִּבְעָה
a hillock
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