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


In Context

21 A voice is heard upon the heights, the weeping supplications of the children of Israel; for they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.

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

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

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

25 We 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.

Jeremiah 3:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:24For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:24From our youth shameful gods have consumed the fruits of our fathers' labor- their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:24Confusion hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:24But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:24But the shameful thing hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:24For shame hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:24And the shameful thing hath devoured The labour of our fathers from our youth, Their flock and their herd, Their sons and their daughters.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:24For shame has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.