Jeremiah 3:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.”
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“From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the shameful thing hath devoured The labour of our fathers from our youth, Their flock and their herd, Their sons and their daughters.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 3:24 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 9:18Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
- Jeremiah 11:13Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
- Ezekiel 16:19And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 16:20You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
- Ezekiel 16:61Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.
- Ezekiel 16:63so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Hosea 2:8For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold— which they crafted for Baal.
- Hosea 9:10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
- Hosea 10:6Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).