They will (A)ask for the way to Zion, turning their faces [a]in its direction; [b]they [c]will come that they may join themselves to the Lord in an (B)everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.

“My people have become (C)lost sheep;
(D)Their shepherds have led them astray.
They have made them turn aside on the (E)mountains;
They have gone along from mountain to hill
And have forgotten their (F)resting place.
“All who came upon them have devoured them;
And their adversaries have said, ‘(G)We are not guilty,
Inasmuch as they have sinned against the Lord who is the (H)habitation of righteousness,
Even the Lord, the (I)hope of their fathers.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:5 Lit hither
  2. Jeremiah 50:5 M.T. reads come ye!
  3. Jeremiah 50:5 Or will have come

They will ask the way(A) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(B) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant(C)
    that will not be forgotten.

“My people have been lost sheep;(D)
    their shepherds(E) have led them astray(F)
    and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountain and hill(G)
    and forgot their own resting place.(H)
Whoever found them devoured(I) them;
    their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,(J)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
    the Lord, the hope(K) of their ancestors.’

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