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Jeremiah 3:24

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.

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Jeremiah 3:24 in other translations

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

Jeremiah 3:24 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 3:24 in context

  1. 22Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding.
    “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.
  2. 23Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.
  3. 24But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
  4. 25Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice.”