Jeremiah 3:24

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

Darby Translation

In The 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.

In Context

23Truly in vain [is salvation looked for] from the hills, [and] the multitude of mountains; truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

25We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 9:18and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids pour forth waters.

Ezekiel 16:19And my bread which I had given thee, the fine flour and the oil and the honey wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savour: thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 16:61And thou shalt remember thy ways, and be confounded, when thou shalt receive thy sisters who are older than thou, together with those who are younger than thou; for I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by virtue of thy covenant.

Hosea 2:8And she did not know that I had given her the corn and the new wine and the oil, and had multiplied to her the silver and gold, which they employed for Baal.

Hosea 10:6Yea, it shall be carried unto Assyria [as] a present for king Jareb: Ephraim shall be seized with shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:21-25

Israel Returning to God; Israel Encouraged in Their Return. ( b. c. 620.) 20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord . 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God. 22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God. 23… Read the whole commentary →

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