エレミヤ書 50:6 JC

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 50:1-46

Jeremiah 50:1 . The word that the Lord spake against Babylon. Messiah in person spake to the prophet, as is stated in Jeremiah 48:1. But while he spake against Babylon, his lips dropped with grace and mercy upon Zion, the habitation of his holiness. Of the fall of Babylon, see on Isaiah 13:14. Isaiah 13:21., where the poetry is beautiful and sublime. Fragments however remain to be gleaned here. The city, according to the best accounts which can be collected from Herodotus, Xenophon,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 50:6

Jeremiah 50:6My people have forgotten their resting-place.Cannot you rest?God has made Himself the resting-place for the human soul; and unless we fix our heart upon Him we may rest, but it is only for a time. The rest which God provides for us is a rest which satisfies us, and it is a rest which we can always have, a rest which “remaineth,” and which cannot be taken away from the people of God.1. Many people are weary and very far from restful on account of business cares. You see continually... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 50:6

Jer 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. Ver. 6. My people have been lost sheep. ] Per avis peccatorum aberrantes; lost in the maze of sin and misery. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. ] True also of Papists and sectaries, miserably misled by their pretended pastors - impostors rather. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Jeremiah 50:6

people: Jeremiah 50:17, Psalms 119:176, Isaiah 53:6, Matthew 9:36, Matthew 10:6, Matthew 15:24, Matthew 18:11-1 Chronicles :, Luke 15:4-Judges :, 1 Peter 2:25 their shepherds: Jeremiah 10:21, Jeremiah 23:11-Ezra :, Isaiah 56:10-2 Kings :, Ezekiel 34:4-2 Kings :, Zechariah 11:4-1 Samuel : on the: Jeremiah 2:20, Jeremiah 3:6, Jeremiah 3:23, Ezekiel 34:6 have forgotten: Jeremiah 2:32, Psalms 32:7, Psalms 90:1, Psalms 91:1, Psalms 116:7, Isaiah 30:15, Isaiah 32:2, resting place, Heb. place to... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 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. Their shepherds — Their civil and ecclesiastical governors have been a cause of it. The former by their wicked commands and example; the latter by example as well as doctrine.Turned them — To offer sacrifices unto idols.From mountain — From one idolatry to another.Forgotten — They have forgotten... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 50:6

6. Lost sheep So they have the most urgent reasons for seeking again the fold. They have forgotten their resting place Alas, how universally true! And here is the great secret of unrest, this perpetual going from mountain to hill. The only proper resting-place of the flock of God is in his fold. “‘Tis there, with the lambs of thy flock, There only, I covet to rest, To lie at the foot of the rock, Or rise to be hid in thy breast: ‘Tis there I would always abide, And never a moment... read more