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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

In other versions

  • But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

    ASV

  • 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.

    BBE

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

    DBY

  • But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

    WEB

  • And the shameful thing hath devoured The labour of our fathers from our youth, Their flock and their herd, Their sons and their daughters.

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

  • From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.

    BSB

In context

22Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

23Truly 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.

24For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

25We 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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