Jeremiah 3:24
New English Translation
24 From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal,
has taken away[a] all that our ancestors[b] worked for.
It has taken away our flocks and our herds
and even our sons and daughters.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 3:24 tn Heb “From our youth the shameful thing has eaten up….” The shameful thing is specifically identified as Baal in Jer 11:13. Compare also the shift in certain names such as Ishbaal (“man of Baal”) to Ishbosheth (“man of shame”).
- Jeremiah 3:24 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 25).
Jeremiah 3:24
New International Version
24 From our youth shameful(A) gods have consumed
the fruits of our ancestors’ labor—
their flocks and herds,
their sons and daughters.
Jeremiah 3:24
King James Version
24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
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