Jeremia 3:24

24 Want de schaamte heeft den arbeid onzer vaderen opgegeten, van onze jeugd aan; hun schapen en hun runderen, hun zonen en hun dochteren.

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 Keert weder, gij afkerige kinderen! Ik zal uw afkeringen genezen. Zie, hier zijn wij, wij komen tot U, want Gij zijt de HEERE, onze God!

23 Waarlijk, tevergeefs verwacht men het van de heuvelen en de menigte der bergen; waarlijk, in den HEERE, onzen God, is Israels heil!

24 Want de schaamte heeft den arbeid onzer vaderen opgegeten, van onze jeugd aan; hun schapen en hun runderen, hun zonen en hun dochteren.

25 Wij liggen in onze schaamte, en onze schande overdekt ons, want wij hebben tegen den HEERE, onzen God, gezondigd, wij en onze vaderen, van onze jeugd aan tot op dezen dag; en wij zijn der stem des HEEREN, onzes Gods, niet gehoorzaam geweest.