24 From the time of our youth
the shameful one[a] has consumed
what our fathers have worked for—
their flocks and their herds,
their sons and their daughters.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 3:24 = Baal

Ephraim Bereaved of Offspring

10 I discovered Israel
like grapes in the wilderness.(A)
I saw your fathers
like the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season.(B)
But they went to Baal-peor,(C)
consecrated themselves to Shame,[a](D)
and became detestable,(E)
like the thing they loved.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:10 = Baal

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