Text -- Jeremiah 50:6 (NET)

50:6 “My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have allow them to go astray. They have wandered around in the mountains. They have roamed from one mountain and hill to another. They have forgotten their resting place.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 50:6

¹ sn The shepherds are the priests, prophets, and leaders who have led Israel into idolatry (2:8).

² 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).