Jeremiah 50:5-7

Common English Bible

⁵ They will search for Zion,
    turning their faces toward it.
They will come^[a] and
    unite with the Lord,
    in an everlasting covenant
        that will never be forgotten.
⁶ My people were lost sheep;
        their shepherds led them astray;
    they deserted them on the mountains,
        where they wandered off among the hills,
                forgetting their resting place.
⁷ All who found them devoured them;
        and their attackers said,
    “It’s not our fault,
        because they have sinned against the Lord,
            the true pasture,^[b]
            the hope of their ancestors—the Lord.”