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Jeremiah 50:6

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.

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צֹ֤אןtsonflockצֹאןnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “flock”, the ordinary formH6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).אֹֽבְדוֹת֙ovedotdestroyאָבַדverb, qal, participle, absolute — “destroy”, a verb used as a describing wordH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.היהhyhbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.הָי֣וּhayvbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.עַמִּ֔יamipeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “people”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.רֹעֵיהֶ֣םroeyhemcompanionרָעָהverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “companion”, a verb used as a describing wordH7462to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)[idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.הִתְע֔וּםhitumdeceiveתָּעָהverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “deceive”, a completed actionH8582to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both(cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.הָרִ֖יםharimhillהַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “hill”, the ordinary formH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.שובביםshvvvymbackslidingשׁוֹבָבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “backsliding”, the ordinary formH7726apostate, i.e. idolatrousbacksliding, frowardly, turn away (from margin).שֽׁוֹבְב֑וּםshovevumagainשׁוּבverb, polel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “again”, a completed actionH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…מֵהַ֤רmeharfrom hillהַרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from hill”, the ordinary formH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).גִּבְעָה֙givahhillגִּבְעָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “hill”, the ordinary formH1389a hillockhill, little hill.הָלָ֔כוּhalakhvwalkהָלַךְverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “walk”, a completed actionH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…שָׁכְח֖וּshakhechvforgetשָׁכַחverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “forget”, a completed actionH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.רִבְצָֽםrivtsamwhere each layרֵבֶץnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “where each lay”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7258a couch or place of reposewhere each lay, lie down in, resting place.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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 resting-place.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My people have 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 resting-place.

Young’s Literal Translation

A perishing flock hath My people been, Their shepherds have caused them to err, [To] the mountains causing them to go back, From mountain unto hill they have gone, They have forgotten their crouching-place.

World English Bible

My people have 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 resting place.

Darby Translation

My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they turned them away on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place.

Douay-Rheims

My people have been a lost flock, their shepherds have caused them to go astray, and have made them wander in the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

the mighty men, and the women, and the children that were left, and the daughters of the king, and the souls which Nabuzardan had left with Godolias the son of Achicam, and Jeremias the prophet, and Baruch the son of Nerias.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τοὺς δυνατοὺς ἄνδρας, καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας, καὶ τὰ νήπια τὰ λοιπὰ, καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς ἃς κατέλιπε Ναβουζαρδὰν μετὰ Γοδολίου υἱοῦ Ἀχεικὰμ, καὶ Ἱερεμίαν τὸν προφήτην, καὶ Βαροὺχ, υἱὸν Νηρίου,