Jeremiah 50:6-8

Good News Translation

⁶ “My people are like sheep whose shepherds have let them get lost in the mountains. They have wandered like sheep from one mountain to another, and they have forgotten where their home is. ⁷ They are attacked by all who find them. Their enemies say, ‘They sinned against the Lord, and so what we have done is not wrong. Their ancestors trusted in the Lord, and they themselves should have remained faithful to him.’

^8 (A)“People of Israel, run away from Babylonia! Leave the country! Be the first to leave!