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


In Context

21 A voice on high places is heard — weeping, Supplications of the sons of Israel, For they have made perverse their way, They have forgotten Jehovah their God.

22 Turn back, O backsliding sons, I cause your backslidings to cease. — Behold us, we have come to Thee, For Thou art Jehovah our God.

23 Surely in vain from the heights, The multitude of mountains — Surely in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

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

25 We have lain down in our shame, and cover us doth our confusion, For against Jehovah our God we have sinned, We, and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, Nor have we 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 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 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.