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Jeremiah 50:6

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My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray. They wander around on the mountains. They go from mountains to hills. They have forgotten their resting place.

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Be at peace again, my soul, because the Lord has been good to you.

I have wandered away like a lost lamb. Search for me, because I have never forgotten your commandments.

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside peaceful waters.

You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble. You surround me with joyous songs of salvation. Selah

O Lord, you have been our refuge throughout every generation.

Whoever lives under the shelter of the Most High will remain in the shadow of the Almighty.

Oxen know their owners, and donkeys know where their masters feed them. But Israel doesn’t know ⌞its owner⌟. My people don’t understand ⌞who feeds them⌟.

This is what the Almighty Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: You can be saved by returning to me. You can have rest. You can be strong by being quiet and by trusting me. But you don’t want that.

Then each ruler will be like a shelter from the wind and a hiding place from the rain. They will be like streams on parched ground and the shade of a large rock in a weary land.

We have all strayed like sheep. Each one of us has turned to go his own way, and the Lord has laid all our sins on him.

The shepherds are foolish. They don’t look to the Lord for help. That is why they won’t succeed, and all their flocks will be scattered.

Honor the Lord your God before it gets dark, before your feet stumble on the mountains in the twilight. You will look for light, but the Lord will turn it into the shadow of death and change it into deep darkness.

“Long ago you broke off your yoke, tore off your chains, and said that you wouldn’t be a slave. You lay down and acted like a prostitute on every high hill and under every large tree.

A young woman can’t forget her jewelry or a bride her veils. Yet, my people have forgotten me for countless days.

“How horrible it will be for the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep in my care,” declares the Lord.

Truly, the noise from the hills, from the mountains, is the noise of false worship. Truly, the Lord our God will rescue us.

When Josiah was king, the Lord asked me, “Did you see what unfaithful Israel did? She went up every high mountain and under every large tree, and she acted like a prostitute there.

“This is what the Lord of Armies says: In this deserted place, where no people or animals live, and in all its cities, there will once again be pastures where shepherds can rest their flocks.

“The people of Israel are like scattered sheep that lions have chased. The first to devour them was the king of Assyria. The last to gnaw at their bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

I will bring the people of Israel back to their pastures. They will eat on Mount Carmel and Mount Bashan. They will eat until they are full on the mountains of Ephraim and Gilead.

“ ‘They have deceived my people by saying that everything is alright, but it’s not alright. When someone builds a flimsy wall, the prophets cover it up with paint.

I will feed them in good pasture, and they will graze on the mountains of Israel. They will rest on the good land where they graze, and they will feed on the best pastures in the mountains of Israel.

I will take care of my sheep and lead them to rest, declares the Almighty Lord.

I will look for those that are lost, bring back those that have strayed away, bandage those that are injured, and strengthen those that are sick. I will destroy those that are fat and strong. I will take care of my sheep fairly.

Instead, go to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel.

Jesus responded, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel.”

When he saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them. They were troubled and helpless like sheep without a shepherd.

You were like lost sheep. Now you have come back to the shepherd and bishop of your lives.




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