Jeremiah 3:24
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Confusion hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

Jeremiah 11:13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda: and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem thou hast set up altars of confusion, altars to offer sacrifice to Baalim.

Ezekiel 16:61,63 And thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed: when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thy elder and thy younger: and I will give them to thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. . . .

Hosea 2:8 And she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver, and gold, which they have used in the service of Baal.

Hosea 9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the desert, I saw their fathers like the firstfruits of the fig tree in the top thereof: but they went in to Beelphegor, and alienated themselves to that confusion, and became abominable, as those things were, which they loved.

Hosea 10:6 For itself also is carried into Assyria, a present to the avenging king: shame shall fall upon Ephraim, and Israel shall be confounded in his own will.

Context
Invitation to Repentance
23In very deed the hills were liars, and the multitude of the mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel. 24Confusion hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.25We shall sleep in our confusion, and our shame shall cover us, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers from our youth even to this day, and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 8:16
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan, all the land was moved at the sound of the neighing of his warriors: and they came and devoured the land, and all that was in it: the city and its inhabitants.

Jeremiah 11:13
For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda: and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem thou hast set up altars of confusion, altars to offer sacrifice to Baalim.

Jeremiah 22:21
I spoke to thee in thy prosperity: and thou saidst: I will not hear: this hath been thy way from thy youth, because thou hast not heard my voice.

Jeremiah 44:7
And now thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against your own souls, that there should die of you man and woman, child and suckling out of the midst of Juda, and no remnant should be left you:

Hosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the desert, I saw their fathers like the firstfruits of the fig tree in the top thereof: but they went in to Beelphegor, and alienated themselves to that confusion, and became abominable, as those things were, which they loved.

Lexicon
From our youth,
מִנְּעוּרֵ֑ינוּ (min·nə·‘ū·rê·nū)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5271: Youth, the state, the persons

that shameful [god]
וְהַבֹּ֗שֶׁת (wə·hab·bō·šeṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1322: Shame, shameful thing

has consumed
אָֽכְלָ֛ה (’ā·ḵə·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

what our fathers
אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

have worked for—
יְגִ֥יעַ (yə·ḡî·a‘)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3018: Toil, a work, produce, property

their flocks
צֹאנָם֙ (ṣō·nām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

and herds,
בְּקָרָ֔ם (bə·qā·rām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd

their sons
בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם (bə·nê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

and daughters.
בְּנוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (bə·nō·w·ṯê·hem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter


Additional Translations
From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.For shame has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

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

But shame has consumed the labours of our fathers from our youth; their sheep and their calves, and their sons and their daughters.

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

But the shameful thing hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

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

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

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