But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Jeremiah 3:24 in context
Jeremiah 3:21–25
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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 the LORD their God.
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Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding.
“Behold, we have come to you; for you are the LORD our God.
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Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
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But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
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Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the LORD our God’s voice.”
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