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


In Context

21 A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.

22 Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding. |Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.

23 Truly in vain is the help that is looked for from the hills, the tumult on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.

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

25 Let 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 the voice of Yahweh 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 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 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.