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Jeremiah 50:6
My people are lost sheep;
from Hope for Israel and Judah, Jeremiah 50:4-10
What it says

The LORD says His people were lost sheep led astray by shepherds who made them forget their resting place.

What it is doing

This verse explains exile in terms of misled covenant identity.

In context

4“In those days and at that time, 5They will ask the way to Zion 6My people are lost sheep; 7All who found them devoured them, 8Flee from the midst of Babylon; 9For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon 10Chaldea will be plundered;