Jeremiah 3:24
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From our youth shameful gods have consumed the fruits of our ancestors’ labor— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
Read Jeremiah 3:24 Using Other Translations
For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
"But from our youth the shameful thing has devoured all for which our fathers labored, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
From childhood we have watched as everything our ancestors worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters— was squandered on a delusion.
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