Yeremia 50:6

50:6 “My people have been lost sheep.

Their shepherds ¹  have allow them to go astray.

They have wandered around in the mountains.

They have roamed from one mountain and hill to another. ² 

They have forgotten their resting place.

Matius 15:24

15:24 So ³  he answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

[50:6]  ¹ sn The shepherds are the priests, prophets, and leaders who have led Israel into idolatry (2:8).

[50:6]  ² sn The allusion here, if it is not merely a part of the metaphor of the wandering sheep, is to the worship of the false gods on the high hills (2:20, 3:2).

[15:24]  ³ tn Grk “And answering, he said.” The construction in Greek is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ request.