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Complete Jewish Bible

Jeremiah 3:24

But from our youth the shameful thing [idolatry] has devoured the fruit of our ancestors' work, their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Church;   The Topic Concordance - Disobedience;   Shame;   Sin;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Solomon's Song;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Cattle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baal (1);   Jeremiah;   Marriage;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ammi;   Jeremiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jerubbesheth;   Shame;   Text of the Old Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bosheth;   Ish-Bosheth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
From the time of our youththe shameful one has consumedwhat our fathers have worked for—their flocks and their herds,their sons and their daughters.
Hebrew Names Version
But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
King James Version
For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
English Standard Version
"But from our youth the shameful thing has devoured all for which our fathers labored, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
New American Standard Bible
"But the shame has consumed the product of our fathers' labor since our youth—their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
New Century Version
Since our youth, shameful gods have eaten up in sacrifice everything our ancestors worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
Amplified Bible
"But the shameful act [of idolatry] has consumed the labor of our fathers since our youth—their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
World English Bible
But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For confusion hath deuoured our fathers labour, from our youth their sheepe and their bullocks, their sonnes and their daughters.
Legacy Standard Bible
"But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers since our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Berean Standard Bible
From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for-their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
Contemporary English Version
Since the days of our ancestors when our nation was young, that shameful god Baal has taken our crops and livestock, our sons and daughters.
Darby Translation
But shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Easy-to-Read Version
That terrible false god Baal has eaten everything our fathers owned. This has happened since we were children. That terrible false god took our fathers' sheep and cattle and their sons and daughters.
George Lamsa Translation
For shame has devoured the labor of our fathers from their childhood, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Good News Translation
But the worship of Baal, the god of shame, has made us lose flocks and herds, sons and daughters—everything that our ancestors have worked for since ancient times.
Lexham English Bible
But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our ancestors from our youth, their flocks, and their cattle, their sons and their daughters.
Literal Translation
For the shameful thing has eaten up the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Confucion hath deuoured oure fathers laboure from oure youth vp: yee their shepe and bullockes, their sonnes and doughters.
American Standard Version
But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Bible in Basic English
But the Baal has taken all the work of our fathers from our earliest days; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But the shameful thing hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
King James Version (1611)
For shame hath deuoured the labour of our fathers from our youth: their flockes and their heards, their sonnes and their daughters.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Confusion hath deuoured our fathers labour from our youth vp, yea their sheepe and bullockes, their sonnes and daughters.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But shame has consumed the labours of our fathers from our youth; their sheep and their calves, and their sons and their daughters.
English Revised Version
But the shameful thing hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Schenschipe eete the trauel of oure fadris, fro oure yongthe; schenschipe eet the flockis of hem, and the droues of hem, the sones of hem, and the douytris of hem.
Update Bible Version
But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Webster's Bible Translation
For shame hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
New English Translation
From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal, has taken away all that our ancestors worked for. It has taken away our flocks and our herds, and even our sons and daughters.
New King James Version
For shame has devoured The labor of our fathers from our youth-- Their flocks and their herds, Their sons and their daughters.
New Living Translation
From childhood we have watched as everything our ancestors worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters— was squandered on a delusion.
New Life Bible
But false gods have brought us shame and have destroyed what our fathers worked for since we were young, their flocks and cattle, their sons and their daughters.
New Revised Standard
"But from our youth the shameful thing has devoured all for which our ancestors had labored, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, the Shameful thing, hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth: Their flocks, and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Confusion hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Revised Standard Version
"But from our youth the shameful thing has devoured all for which our fathers labored, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Young's Literal Translation
And the shameful thing hath devoured The labour of our fathers from our youth, Their flock and their herd, Their sons and their daughters.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But the shameful thing has consumed the labor of our fathers since our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

Contextual Overview

20 But like a faithless woman who betrays her husband, you, house of Isra'el, have betrayed me," says Adonai .'" 21 A sound is heard on the heights, the house of Isra'el crying, pleading for mercy, because they have perverted their way and forgotten Adonai their God. 22 "Return, backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding." "Here we are, we are coming to you, for you are Adonai our God. 23 Indeed the hills have proved a delusion, likewise the orgies on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Isra'el is in Adonai our God. 24 But from our youth the shameful thing [idolatry] has devoured the fruit of our ancestors' work, their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters. 25 Let us lie down in our shame, let our disgrace cover us, for we have sinned against Adonai our God, both we and our ancestors, from our youth until today; we have not paid attention to the voice of Adonai our God."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 11:13, Ezekiel 16:61, Ezekiel 16:63, Hosea 2:8, Hosea 9:10, Hosea 10:6

Reciprocal: Ezra 9:6 - I am ashamed Jeremiah 2:26 - the thief Jeremiah 20:5 - I will deliver Ezekiel 12:16 - that they Ezekiel 32:24 - borne Ezekiel 39:26 - they have borne Hosea 4:19 - and Haggai 2:17 - in all

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat from the fruit of the trees of the garden,
Genesis 3:8
They heard the voice of Adonai , God, walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, so the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Adonai , God, among the trees in the garden.
Genesis 3:9
Adonai , God, called to the man, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pain in childbirth. You will bring forth children in pain. Your desire will be toward your husband, but he will rule over you."
Genesis 3:17
To Adam he said, "Because you listened to what your wife said and ate from the tree about which I gave you the order, ‘You are not to eat from it,' the ground is cursed on your account; you will work hard to eat from it as long as you live.
Genesis 3:18
It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat field plants.
Genesis 3:22
(A: v, S: iv) Adonai , God, said, "See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, to prevent his putting out his hand and taking also from the tree of life, eating, and living forever — "
Exodus 25:2
"Tell the people of Isra'el to take up a collection for me — accept a contribution from anyone who wholeheartedly wants to give.
Numbers 22:23
The donkey saw the angel of Adonai standing on the road, drawn sword in hand; so the donkey turned off the road into the field; and Bil‘am had to beat the donkey to get it back on the road.
Joshua 5:13
One day, when Y'hoshua was there by Yericho, he raised his eyes and looked; and in front of him stood a man with his drawn sword in his hand. Y'hoshua went over to him and asked him, "Are you on our side or on the side of our enemies?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth,.... That is, sin, which is the cause of shame, and of which sinners ought to be ashamed, and will be sooner or later; so the Targum renders it, "the confusion of sins"; and the Jewish writers generally interpret it of idolatry, and of the idol Baal, as Kimchi and others, called "shame", or that "shameful thing", Jeremiah 11:13, this idol, because of the multitude of the sacrifices offered to it, consumed what their fathers laboured for, ever since they had known them; or, for their worshipping of this idol, such judgments came upon them as consumed all they got by hard labour; or rather it may regard their shameful sin of rejecting the Messiah, and crucifying him; which they will be ashamed of at the time of their conversion, when they shall look on him whom they have pierced, and on account of which they suffer the many calamities they now do:

their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters; whatever evils have befallen them in their persons, families, and estates, they will confess are owing to sin they have committed, of which they will now be ashamed; hence it follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For ... - And. It is the continuation of the thought in Jeremiah 3:23. Idolatry was there described as unprofitable, here as ruinous and hurtful.

Shame - literally, the shame (Bosheth, personified), that is, “Baal.” The names “Bosheth” and “Baal” are constantly interchanged. Compare Judges 6:31-32.

Their flocks and their herds - The temperate and sober enjoyments connected with Yahweh’s sacrifices led to no excess, whereas in idol-worship the people, after sitting down “to eat and drink, rose up to play,” and wasted both health and substance in licentious revelry.

Their sons ... - This probably refers to human sacrifices.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 3:24. For shame hath devoured — The word shame, here and in Jeremiah 11:13; Hosea 9:10, is supposed to signify Baal, the idol which they worshipped. That thing or shame which has brought you into contempt, confusion, and ruin. Sooner or later every sinner must be ashamed of his conduct; next, confounded; and, lastly, ruined by it, unless by true faith and hearty repentance he returns to the Lord.


 
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