Jeremia 3:24

24 Denn die Schande hat den Erwerb unserer Väter verzehrt von unserer Jugend an, ihr Kleinvieh und ihre Rinder, ihre Söhne und ihre Töchter.

Jeremia 3:24 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 3:24

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our
youth
That is, sin, which is the cause of shame, and of which sinners ought to be ashamed, and will be sooner or later; so the Targum renders it, "the confusion of sins"; and the Jewish writers generally interpret it of idolatry, and of the idol Baal, as Kimchi and others, called "shame", or that "shameful thing", ( Jeremiah 11:13 ) ( Hosea 9:10 ) , this idol, because of the multitude of the sacrifices offered to it, consumed what their fathers laboured for, ever since they had known them; or, for their worshipping of this idol, such judgments came upon them as consumed all they got by hard labour; or rather it may regard their shameful sin of rejecting the Messiah, and crucifying him; which they will be ashamed of at the time of their conversion, when they shall look on him whom they have pierced, and on account of which they suffer the many calamities they now do: their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters;
whatever evils have befallen them in their persons, families, and estates, they will confess are owing to sin they have committed, of which they will now be ashamed; hence it follows:

Jeremia 3:24 In-Context

22 Kehret um, ihr abtrünnigen Kinder; ich will eure Abtrünnigkeiten heilen. "Hier sind wir, wir kommen zu dir; denn du bist Jehova, unser Gott.

23 Fürwahr, trüglich ist von den Hügeln, von den Bergen her das Lärmen; fürwahr, in Jehova, unserem Gott, ist das Heil Israels!

24 Denn die Schande hat den Erwerb unserer Väter verzehrt von unserer Jugend an, ihr Kleinvieh und ihre Rinder, ihre Söhne und ihre Töchter.

25 In unserer Schande müssen wir daliegen, und unsere Schmach bedeckt uns! Denn wir haben gegen Jehova, unseren Gott, gesündigt, wir und unsere Väter, von unserer Jugend an bis auf diesen Tag, und wir haben nicht auf die Stimme Jehovas, unseres Gottes, gehört."