Jeremiah 3 · Verse 24

Jeremiah 3:24

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Jeremiah 3:24, King James Version

Jeremiah 3:24 in other translations

BSBFrom our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
WEBBut the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
ASVBut the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
YLTAnd the shameful thing hath devoured The labour of our fathers from our youth, Their flock and their herd, Their sons and their daughters.
DARBYBut shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
BBEBut the Baal has taken all the work of our fathers from our earliest days; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
WebsterFor shame hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

What does Jeremiah 3:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. shame--that is, the idols, whose worship only covers us with shame (Jr 11:13; Ho 9:10). So far from bringing us "salvation," they have cost us our cattle and even our children, whom we have sacrificed to them.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 For shame hath devoured - The word shame, here and in Jer 11:13; Hos 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 3:21-25

Sin is turning aside to crooked ways. And forgetting the Lord our God is at the bottom of all sin. By sin we bring ourselves into trouble. The promise to those that return is, God will heal their backslidings, by his pardoning mercy, his quieting peace, and his renewing grace. They come devoting themselves to God. They come disclaiming all expectations of relief and succour from any but the Lord. Therefore they come…

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Jeremiah 3:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהַבֹּ֗שֶׁתve.ha.Bo.shetand the shameful thingH1322
אָֽכְלָ֛ה'a.khe.Lahit has consumedH398
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְגִ֥יעַye.Gi.a'[the] toil ofH3018
אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuancestors ourH1
מִנְּעוּרֵ֑ינוּmi.ne.'u.Rei.nusince youth<s> ourH5271
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
צֹאנָם֙tzo.Namflock[s] theirH6629
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בְּקָרָ֔םbe.ka.Ramherd[s] theirH1241
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּנֵיהֶ֖םbe.nei.Hemsons theirH1121
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בְּנוֹתֵיהֶֽם\׃be.no.tei.Hemdaughters theirH1323

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 3:24

  • Hosea 9:10

    I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal–peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.

  • Jeremiah 11:13

    For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

  • Ezekiel 16:61

    Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

  • Hosea 2:8

    For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

  • Ezekiel 16:63

    That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.

  • Hosea 10:6

    It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11:13; Eze 16:61,63; Ho 2:8; 9:10; 10:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 3:23

    Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 3:24

    For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

  • Jeremiah 3:25

    We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.

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Jeremiah 3:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Confusión consumió el trabajo de nuestros padres desde nuestra mocedad; sus ovejas, sus vacas, sus hijos y sus hijas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais la honte a dévoré dès notre jeunesse le travail de nos pères, leur menu bétail et leur gros bétail, leurs fils et leurs filles.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn die Schande hat den Erwerb unserer Väter verzehrt von unserer Jugend an, ihr Kleinvieh und ihre Rinder, ihre Söhne und ihre Töchter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Confusio comedit laborem patrum nostrorum ab adolescentia nostra: greges eorum, et armenta eorum, filios eorum, et filias eorum.