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


In Context

21 A cry is heard on the barren heights, the weeping and pleading of the people of Israel, because they have perverted their ways and have forgotten the Lord their God.

22 "Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding." "Yes, we will come to you, for you are the Lord our God.

23 Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills and mountains is a deception; surely in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

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

25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the Lord our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth till this day we have not obeyed the Lord 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:24But shame hath devoured the labour 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.