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But the Shameוְהַבֹּשֶׁתhas devouredאָכְלָהthe laborאֶת יְגִיעַof our fathersאֲבוֹתֵינוּfrom our youth,מִנְּעוּרֵינוּtheir flocksאֶת צֹאנָםand their herds,וְאֶת בְּקָרָםtheir sonsאֶת בְּנֵיהֶםand their daughters.וְאֶת בְּנוֹתֵיהֶם
Jeremiah 3:24
Study it in the app“But the Shame has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 3:24, word by word
- But the Shameבֹּשֶׁתboshet
shame
The shame one suffers, or what causes it.
Where else “boshet” appears- has devouredאָכְלָהachla
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achla” appears- the laborיְגִיעַyegia
toil, its fruit
Wearying labor and what it earns.
Where else “yegia” appears- of our fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- from our youthנְּעוּרֵיneure
youth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neure” appears- their flocksצֹאנָtsona
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tsona” appears- and their herdsבְּקָרָbekara
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bekara” appears- their sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- and their daughtersבְּנוֹתֵיbenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benote” appears
Translation note
“The Shame” is a contemptuous way of naming Baal (see 11:13; Hosea 9:10).
The context
23Surely for falsehood are the hills, the tumult of the mountains; surely in YHWH our Elohim is the salvation of Israel.
24 · This verse (above)
25Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us, for against YHWH our Elohim we have sinned, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not heeded the voice of YHWH our Elohim.”