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Jeremiah 3:24

King James Version (KJV)

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

Jeremiah 3:24 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 3:24

Theological / Devotional

Shame. Literally, “the shame,” that is, the people’s shameful idolatry (see Jer. 11:13; Hosea 9:10). The Heb. bosheth, “shame,” was used also as a title of opprobrium for Baal (see on Jer. 2:26).

Devoured. Some commentators refer this to the large numbers of sheep and cattle that were sacrificed to heathen deities and to the children burned as a sacrifice to Molech, the fiery god of Ammon (Ps. 106:38; Jer. 7:31). It seems more likely that the general ruin resulting from Israel’s apostasy is here referred to.

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