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God, the Caring Shepherd
Commentators explain that the verse uses the powerful image of God as a shepherd. He promises to bring His scattered people (“sheep”) back to the best pastures. The places named—Carmel, Bashan, Ephraim, and Gilead—were the most fertile lands in ancient Israel, symbolizing that God's restoration would be complete, providing not just survival but abundance and safety.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 50:19
18th Century
Theologian
Or, "I will bring Israel (the scared sheep) back to his pasturage () and he shall graze etc." The places named are the d…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 50:19
19th Century
Bishop
I will bring Israel again to his habitation.— Better, to his pasturage (Jeremiah 23:3), as keeping u…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 50:19
16th Century
Theologian
Jeremiah here pursues the same subject and sustains the minds of the faithful in their miseries, lest they completely despair. It is, then, as if h…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 50:19
17th Century
Pastor
And I will bring Israel again to his habitation
Or "fold" F21 , or place of pasturage; for the metaphor o…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 50:8–20
17th Century
Minister
The desolation that shall be brought upon Babylon is described in a variety of expressions. The cause of this destruction is the wrath of the Lord.…